Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronota
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusGerygone (Gerygones)
- SpeciesGerygone chloronota (Green-backed Gerygone)
About the Green-backed Gerygone
The green-backed gerygone (Gerygone chloronota) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae found in northern Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat
Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris
Fairy Gerygone
Gerygone palpebrosa
Yellow-bellied Gerygone
Gerygone chrysogaster
Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster
Brown-breasted Gerygone
Gerygone ruficollis
Rusty Mouse-Warbler
Crateroscelis murina
Pale-Billed Scrubwren
Sericornis spilodera
Grey-Green Scrubwren
Sericornis arfakianus
Tropical Scrubwren
Sericornis beccarii
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides
Pacific Swallow
Hirundo javanica
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Green-backed Gerygone in Raja Ampat?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-backed Gerygone sighting in Raja Ampat, based on 318 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Green-backed Gerygone in Raja Ampat?
November has the highest sighting rate for Green-backed Gerygone in Raja Ampat in our monthly data.