Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus) - HBW 11, p. 325
French: Largebec à poitrine noire
German: Brustfleck-Flachschnabel
Spanish: Monarca-piquiplano Pechinegro
Other common names: Black-breasted Boat-billed Flycatcher, Black breasted Flatbill/Flatbill-flycatcher
Taxonomy: Macheirhynchus [sic] nigripectus Schlegel, 1871, interior of Vogelkop = Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Relationships of genus uncertain; has been suggested that this species and M. flaviventer should be placed in a separate family of their own. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigripectus Schlegel, 1871 - mountains of Vogelkop, in NW New Guinea.
- saturatus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1913 - mountains of C New Guinea.
- harterti van Oort, 1909 - mountains of Huon Peninsula and SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult female perched
Locality Ambua Lodge, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp saturatus)
Nik Borrow 21 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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