Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Black-tailed Monarch (Monarcha verticalis) - HBW 11, p. 312

French: Monarque des Bismarck German: Stirnschopfmonarch Spanish: Monarca de las Bismarck
Other common names: Bismarck Pied Monarch; Djaul Pied Monarch (ateralbus)

Taxonomy: Monarcha verticalis P. L. Sclater, 1877, Duke of York Islands, Bismarck Archipelago.
Race ateralbus has been treated as a full species. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • verticalis P. L. Sclater, 1877 - Bismarck Archipelago (New Hanover, New Ireland, Umboi, New Britain, Duke of York Is).
  • ateralbus Salomonsen, 1964 - Dyaul I, off NW New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago).

  • Least Concern
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