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Gerygone igata · Family Acanthizidae

Gerygone igata

Family Acanthizidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Acanthizidae
GBIF occurrence records
237,124
Countries and territories with records
4
Grey warbler
Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · Gerygone igata - Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 - 449543477 (cropped).jpeg · CC BY 4.0 · Saryu Mae 前 朝琉 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
Play song · Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai · Grey_warbler_song.ogg · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 237,124 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). New Zealand accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In New Zealand, this species accounts for 2.9% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Gerygone igata combines the genus name Gerygone with the species epithet igata. The Warbla app catalog lists 19 species of the genus Gerygone; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gerygone olivacea, Gerygone mouki and Gerygone fusca.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 66 species of the family Acanthizidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Acanthiza pusilla. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (75,104). The family Acanthizidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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