Dominic,
There is nothing like that mentioned in HANZAB, though it seems that
information on breeding behaviour of Large-billed Gerygone is a bit sparse.
Might be wothwhile writing up your obs for Australian Birdlife.
> On 26 Jul 2014, at 17:01, Russell Woodford <> wrote:
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> From: Dominic Funnell <>
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:48:55 +0100
> Subject: Co-operative breeding by Large-billed Gerygne
> Probably not the best title for this enquiry but sort of made sense to me.
> Yesterday I was watching a Large-billed Gerygone nest in Cairns and was
> surprised to see that it was being "serviced" by three adults. On two
> separate occasions I had three adults either in, on or just above the nest
> at the same time. Is this normal? I could find nothing relating to this
> sorting of collective / co-operative breeding in any of the very limited
> sources I have available.
> Dom
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