Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Broad-billed Flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis) - HBW 11, p. 320
French: Monarque à bec large
German: Breitschnabelmonarch
Spanish: Monarca Piquiancho
Other common names: Broad-billed Monarch/Myiagra/Myiagra Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Platyrhynchos ruficollis Vieillot, 1818, “Nouvelle Hollande”; error = Timor.
Distinctive race fulviventris possibly a separate species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818) - islands in Flores Sea, also S & E Lesser Sundas (Sumba E to Timor, Lomblen E to Damar).
- fulviventris P. L. Sclater, 1883 - Tanimbar Is.
- mimikae Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 - coastal S New Guinea (R Mimika E to Port Moresby area), Aru Is, islands in Torres Strait (including Daru and Boigu), and N & NE Australia (from Kimberley E along coast to C Cape York and NE & E Queensland).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, calling and changing its position. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi (ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.4 -
Brief view of a bird in a tree and flying away. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 3
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Single bird foraging for insects between mangroves and beach.
Locality Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp mimikae)
Tom Tarrant 30 August 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
A perched bird.
Locality Timor, Lesser Sundas (ssp ruficollis)
mehdhalaouate 12 April 2007 3 years ago 3.3 -
Male
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 29 June 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
Bird responding to imitation of it's call.
Locality Portland Roads, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp mimikae)
Tom Tarrant 26 December 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas (ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 2.7 -
Broad-billed Flycatcher foraging
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 29 June 2008 1 year ago 2.5
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A bird giving territorial calls. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird giving alarm calls. Locality Pantar, Lesser Sundas
(ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 22 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird calling. Locality Tanahjampea, Sulawesi
(ssp ruficollis)
Josep del Hoyo 20 October 2011 1 year ago 4
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