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Chatham Islands Gerygone
Gerygone albofrontata G. R. Gray, 1845
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Chatham Islands gerygone (Gerygone albofrontata), also known as the Chatham gerygone or Chatham Island warbler, is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands. The Chatham Islands gerygone is larger than and differs in plumage from the related grey warbler of mainland New Zealand. Both warblers were discovered and named by G. R. Gray in 1845. The grey and Chatham Island warblers are the only two members of the Australasian family Acanthizidae found in New Zealand.
Wikipedia contributors, Chatham Islands gerygone; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:48:31.753020+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gerygone albofrontata G. R. Gray, 1845
- Name authority
- G. R. Gray, 1845
- Common name
- Chatham Islands Gerygone
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acanthizidae
- Genus
- Gerygone
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAcanthizidae Bonaparte, 1854
- genusGerygone Gould, 1841
- speciesGerygone albofrontata G. R. Gray, 1845
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gerygone. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronota Gould, 1843 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis (G. R. Gray, 1859) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western GerygoneGerygone fusca (Gould, 1838) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lord Howe GerygoneGerygone insularis E. P. Ramsay, 1878 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostris Gould, 1843 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Norfolk GerygoneGerygone modesta Pelzeln, 1860 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki Mathews, 1912 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea (Gould, 1838) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa Wallace, 1865 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollis Salvadori, 1876 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea Wallace, 1864 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky GerygoneGerygone tenebrosa (R. Hall, 1901) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gray, J. E. / Richardson, John, and John Edward Gray, eds. (1845). Part I: Birds of New Zealand. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross [...], Vol. 1: Mammalia, Birds. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3FXMX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.