Indeed, I pronounce it ger-RIG-a-nee, which I learned from one of Sean
Dooley's books (actually I learned a lot of my pronunciations from there)!
Jason
On 2020-08-26 2:08 a.m., Carol Probets wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> After the Buff-rumped you have (1) Brown Thornbill, (2) Chestnut-rumped,
> (3) Yellow Thornbill, and the last one is Mangrove Gerygone.
>
> And to answer your gerygone question in the 4th paragraph, in my
> experience it’s usually pronounced “jer-RIG-a-nee” (with accent on the
> second syllable) but I’ve also heard it said with a hard g -
> “ger-RIG-a-nee”. The only people that say “jerry-gone” are people who
> have only read the word and haven’t heard other birders pronounce it :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carol
>
>
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