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| Photographed at Cooktown Botanic Gardens, Queensland October 2015 |
680 FAIRY GERYGONE Gerygone palpebrosa
Australia (522)
Race: personata, also known as Black-throated warbler. Found on the edges of lowland rainforest, vine forest, leafy trees on watercourses; eucalypt woodlands; scrubland; mangroves. Range: n and e Q and islands. Race: personata: Cape York Pen., s. to Atherton Tableland-Innesfail on e coast and Staten R on w coast. Race: flavida; coastal s. from c. Innesfail to Fraser Is., Tin Can Bay, Kin Kin, and Widgee in se Q. Fairly common,Sedentary. The distinctive races do overlap and interbreed.
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| Nest, the bottom has caught on a branch as it swayed in the wind. |
the boys are usually the lookers but she is elegant - he's still pretty fancy though - beautiful photo of the nest
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