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title: "Witstaartmangrovezanger"
description: "Gerygone fusca — Vogels. The western gerygone (Gerygone fusca) is a small, brownish-grey species of passerine bird, which is found in inland and south-west Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-gerygone
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witstaartmangrovezanger

> Gerygone fusca — Vogels. The western gerygone (Gerygone fusca) is a small, brownish-grey species of passerine bird, which is found in inland and south-west Australia.

- Scientific name: *Gerygone fusca*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 748
- Wikidata: [Q1313727](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313727)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13491)

## Names

- en: Western Gerygone
- de: Weißschwanzgerygone
- es: Gerigón Coliblanco
- fr: Gérygone à queue blanche
- nl: Witstaartmangrovezanger
- pl: Krzakówka białosterna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (673)

## Summary

The western gerygone (Gerygone fusca) is a small, brownish-grey species of passerine bird, which is found in inland and south-west Australia.  It is an arboreal, insectivore of open forest, woodland and dry shrubland.  It is not currently threatened with extinction (IUCN: Least Concern).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_gerygone

## Photo

![Witstaartmangrovezanger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-gerygone/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261529852

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-gerygone?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).