Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) - HBW 11, p. 304
French: Monarque à face noire
German: Maskenmonarch
Spanish: Monarca Carinegro
Other common names: Grey-winged Monarch-flycatcher, Black-faced/Carinated/Pearly-winged Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Muscicapa melanopsis Vieillot, 1818, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with M. frater, M. erythrostictus, M. castaneiventris and M. richardsii. Has been considered conspecific with first of those. Birds from far N of breeding range (Cape York region S to Caldwell, in N Queensland) have been separated as race pallidus, but considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in range. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds E Australia; non-breeding SE New Guinea, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand Is and Louisiade Archipelago, and NE Australia (E Cape York Peninsula).
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An adult on a branch, alert Locality Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 13 sec 4.6 -
An adult perched on a swaying branch, holding a flying beetle and then eating it Locality Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 10 January 2007 4 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
An adult perching on a swaying branch defecating, rubbing its bill and hoppping away Locality Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 10 January 2007 4 years ago 4 sec 3.5 -
An adult in a tree Locality Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 1996 7 years ago n/a 3.3 -
Poor views of a bird moving in a tree. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 2.8
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A male bird.
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 11 October 2007 35 weeks ago 3.5 -
bird in rainforest in northern New South Wales
Locality Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Dirk Tomsa 30 October 2010 29 weeks ago 3 -
A long shot of a bird in a tree
Locality Lake Barrine, Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 5 December 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Broulee, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 3 November 2007 44 weeks ago 2.9 -
In a tree
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Guy Poisson 20 November 2005 1 year ago 2.5
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A bird calling. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 1 year ago 4
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