Lloyd Nielsen's comment, with which I wont disagree;
From: Lloyd Nielsen <>
I just read your note on the possible Mangrove Gerygone in Cairns Botanical
> Gardens. It may have well been a Mangrove - surprises always happen in the
> birding world but there appears to be no records of it north of about the
> Ingham/Cardwell area. When I put the Wet Tropics book together, I was
surprised
> at the break in distribution and went into it fairly well. I even paid my
25
> bucks to Birds Australia and got a copy of the few records (copies of
original
> sheets) from the old Atlas of supposed Mangrove between Townsville and
Cape York
> and was convinced that none of them were Mangrove. I came to the
conclusion
> that in the Wet Tropics it extended commonly north to Townville, was rare
about
> Ingham and absent north of Cardwell. In the last 10 years, I have listened
in
> mangroves all about the eastern side of Cape York from Cardwell to the Tip
but
> have never heard a typical Mangrove call. The distribution in some of the
field
> guides is innacurate - i.e. not showing the break.
>
> There have been a few reports of Gergones with an eyebrow from Wet Tropics
> mangroves over the years in areas where they would not be Brown. I think
that
> these birds are juvenile Large-billed. None of the field guides mention
the
> juvenile plumage. It will be interesting to see what Hanzab says when the
next
> volume comes out.
>
> Will also be interesting to see what others say on Birding-aus.
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