Jan 21, 2024
January 4, 2024 - Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster) These gerygones are found in and around mangroves along the coasts of northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. They eat insects, picking their prey from surfaces while hovering and capturing it in short flights, foraging alone, in pairs, and in small flocks, often with other species. Females are thought to build domed oval-shaped nests from grass, roots, bark, dry seaweed, moss, spiderwebs, feathers, spider egg sacs, and other materials hanging from branches. They lay clutches of two or three eggs. Both parents feed the chicks.