Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Black-faced Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis) - HBW 11, p. 301
French: Monarque à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehl-Würgermonarch
Spanish: Monarca Gorginegro
Other common names: Black-throated Shrikebill; Nendo Shrikebill (sanctaecrucis)
Taxonomy: Lalage nigrogularis E. L. Layard, 1875, Levuka, Ovalau Island, Fiji.
Race sanctaecrucis recently proposed as a separate species, differing from nominate in plumage, size, bill dimensions, call and habits. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sanctaecrucis Mayr, 1933 - S Santa Cruz Is (Nendo), in extreme E Solomons.
- nigrogularis (E. L. Layard, 1875) - Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni, Kadavu).
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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Dorsal view of a male singing and preening among vegetation. Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 50 sec 4.8 -
A male in a palm tree seen from below, displaying while singing, flapping the wings sweetly. Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 1 min 2 sec 4.7 -
A female-plumaged individual foraging. Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 29 weeks ago 14 sec 4.2
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A female perched on dry vegetation.
Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 29 weeks ago 3.3
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A bird emiting a singular call (like submachine-gun). Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
Two birds calling diferent songs. Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls by one individual in the forest. Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
Low trill by one bird (recalling neigh horse). Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4 -
Whistles by one bird. Locality Nadarivatu, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4 -
A bird giving an alternative vocalization. Locality Namara Forest, Kadavu, Fiji
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 29 weeks ago 4
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