Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Black-and-white Monarch (Monarcha barbatus) - HBW 11, p. 312

French: Monarque pie German: Weißbartmonarch Spanish: Monarca Blanquinegro
Other common names: Fluttering Monarch

Taxonomy: Monarcha barbata E. P. Ramsay, 1879, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Races possibly represent two separate species. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • barbatus E. P. Ramsay, 1879 - Buka I, Bougainville I, and Solomon Is (Shortlands, Choiseul, Isabel, Florida, Guadalcanal).
  • malaitae Mayr, 1931 - Malaita, in E Solomons.

  • Near Threatened
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