Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater) - HBW 11, p. 304
French: Monarque à ailes noires
German: Schwarzflügelmonarch
Spanish: Monarca Alinegro
Other common names: Black-winged/Black-chinned/Pearly Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Monarcha frater P. L. Sclater, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with M. melanopsis, M. erythrostictus, M. castaneiventris and M. richardsii. Has been considered conspecific with first of those. Race canescens sometimes treated as a separate species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- frater P. L. Sclater, 1874 - Vogelkop and N Snow Mts, in NW & WC New Guinea.
- kunupi E. J. O. Hartert & Paludan, 1934 - Weyland Mts, in WC New Guinea.
- periophthalmicus Sharpe, 1882 - highlands of C & E New Guinea (E from Nassau Mts).
- canescens Salvadori, 1876 - NE Australia (NE Cape York Peninsula S to McIlwraith Range); non-breeding probably in S New Guinea.
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Persistent call Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
dreyernp 8 July 1990 2 years ago 4.5 -
A bird calling Locality Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
monicayhector 3 May 1992 2 years ago 1
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