Biak gerygone
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The Biak gerygone (Gerygone hypoxantha) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to the islands of Biak and Supiori in West Papua, Indonesia.
| Biak gerygone | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Gerygone |
| Species: | G. hypoxantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerygone hypoxantha Salvadori, 1878 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.[1]
It was previously treated as a subspecies of the large-billed gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris).[2]
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