The white-throated gerygone (''Gerygone olivacea'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Acanthizidae.
It is found in
Australia
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and
Papua New Guinea
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.
Its natural
habitat
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s are temperate
forest
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s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its
common name
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s include white-throated warbler, white-throated flyeater, bush canary, and native canary.
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