Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) - HBW 11, p. 280

French: Tchitrec azuré German: Schwarzgenickschnäpper Spanish: Monarca Nuquinegro
Other common names: Pacific/Small Monarch (“puella group”)

Taxonomy: Muscicapa azurea Boddaert, 1783, Manila, Luzon, Philippines.
SE races puella, aeria, blasii and catarmanensis form well-marked “puella group”, sometimes treated as a distinct species. Twenty-five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

styani (Hartlaub, 1898) - much of India (except N & NW) and Nepal E to SE China and Vietnam.
oberholseri Stresemann, 1913 - Taiwan.
ceylonensis Sharpe, 1879 - Sri Lanka.

See all 25 subspecies

styani (Hartlaub, 1898) - much of India (except N & NW) and Nepal E to SE China and Vietnam.
oberholseri Stresemann, 1913 - Taiwan.
ceylonensis Sharpe, 1879 - Sri Lanka.
tyt1eri (Beavan, 1867) - Andaman Is.
idiochroa Oberholser, 1911 - Car Nicobar I.
nicobarica Bianchi, 1907 - S Nicobar Is.
montana Riley, 1929 - N & C Thailand.
galerita (Deignan, 1956) - SW & SE Thailand.
forrestia Oberholser, 1911 - Mergui Archipelago, off W Myanmar.
prophata Oberholser, 1911 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
consobrina Richmond, 1902 - Simeulue I, off NW Sumatra.
abbotti Richmond, 1902 - Reusam and Babi (SE of Simeulue).
leucophila Oberholser, 1911 - Siberut I (off W Sumatra).
richmondi Oberholser, 1911 - Enggano I (off SW Sumatra).
opisthocyanea Oberholser, 1911 - Anamba Is (S China Sea).
gigantoptera Oberholser, 1911 - Bunguran, in Natuna Is (S China Sea).
karimatensis Chasen & Kloss, 1932 - Karimata I (off W Borneo).
javana Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - Java and Bali.
penidae Meise, 1941 - Penida I (near Bali).
symmixta Stresemann, 1913 - W & C Lesser Sundas.
azurea (Boddaert, 1783) - Philippines (except Camiguin Sur).
catarmanensis Rand & Rabor, 1969 - Camiguin Sur (off Mindanao), in S Philippines.
aeria Bangs & J. L. Peters, 1927 - Maratua I (off E Borneo).
puella (Wallace, 1863) - Sulawesi and nearby islands.
blasii E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Banggai Is and Sula Is.