The fan-tailed gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The Rennell gerygone (G. citrina) of the Solomon Islands was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[3]

Fan-tailed gerygone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Gerygone
Species:
G. flavolateralis
Binomial name
Gerygone flavolateralis
(Gray, GR, 1859)
Subspecies[2]
  • G. f. flavolateralis - (Gray, GR, 1859)
  • G. f. lifuensis - (Sarasin, 1913)
  • G. f. rouxi - (Sarasin, 1913)
  • G. f. correiae - Mayr, 1931
  • G. f. citrina - Mayr, 1931
Chrysococcyx lucidus in a spawn of Gerygone flavolateralis - MHNT

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Gerygone flavolateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103690932A112512149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103690932A112512149.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
  3. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.