Yellow-bellied Gerygone
Gerygone chrysogaster
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyAcanthizidae (Thornbills and Allies)
- GenusGerygone (Gerygones)
- SpeciesGerygone chrysogaster (Yellow-bellied Gerygone)
About the Yellow-bellied Gerygone
The yellow-bellied gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. The Yellow-Bellied Gerygone is native to New Guinea, typically found in subtropical or tropical moist lowlands forest. Shown to have least concern about population with it being very common, but is currently decreasing in population throughout New Guinea. The population as a whole is still unknown.
The Yellow-Bellied Gerygone is widespread throughout New Guinea, including Aru Island, Yapen Island, and West Papuan Island. They like moist environments so therefore, they will forage in lowlands and forest. Usually the Yellow-Bellied Gerygone don’t migrate during seasonal change, but rarely will migrate 760 miles in hill forest to Tabubil, New Guinea.
The Yellow-Bellied Gerygone is 10cm with brownish-olive color with a white belly. The male and female are identical and would need proper hands on examination when identifying the sex. During the breeding season, typically August-September and February- May, the females have a poor clutch size with the record being 3 eggs.The yellow-bellied gerygone also has a life span going up to almost three years.... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat
Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronota
Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris
Fairy Gerygone
Gerygone palpebrosa
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 |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-bellied Gerygone in Raja Ampat?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Gerygone sighting in Raja Ampat, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-bellied Gerygone in Raja Ampat?
February has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-bellied Gerygone in Raja Ampat in our monthly data.