The Lord Howe gerygone (Gerygone insularis), is known by many names. Locally it is known as the "rain-bird" due to its activity after the rains or the "pop-goes-the-weasel", due to the similarity of its song to the well-known tune. Another name for this bird is the Lord Howe gerygone flyeater. Endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea (part of New South Wales, Australia), it was a small bird in the Acanthizidae family, brown and greyish in color. Its head was brown apart from a pale grey eye-ring and a grey throat and chin, many parts of the animal varied to the colour of yellow, this being apparent in its bright yellow belly. It made its home in the canopies of the island's forest until the early 20th century. There have been no records of the species since 1928 and it is considered