Large-billed Gerygone
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The Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) is a species of bird
in the Acanthizidae
family. The Biak Gerygone
, formerly considered a distinct species, is now placed herein as a subspecies
(Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha).
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Acanthizidae
Acanthizidae
The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include gerygones, thornbills, and scrubwrens. The Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 cm. They have short rounded wings, slender...
family. The Biak Gerygone
Biak Gerygone
The Biak Gerygone is a subspecies of the Large-billed Gerygone, but it is sometimes considered a distinct species...
, formerly considered a distinct species, is now placed herein as a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
(Gerygone magnirostris hypoxantha).