Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Chestnut-bellied Monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris) - HBW 11, p. 305
French: Monarque à ventre marron
German: Schwarzrückenmonarch
Spanish: Monarca Ventricastaño
Taxonomy: Monarcha castaneiventris J. Verreaux, 1858, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Forms a superspecies with M. melanopsis, M. erythrostictus, M. frater and M. richardsii. Has been considered conspecific with M. erythrostictus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- castaneiventris J. Verreaux, 1858 - Solomon Is (Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal, Malaita).
- obscurior Mayr, 1935 - Russell Is (EC Solomons).
- megarhynchus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1908 - San Cristobal (SE Solomons).
- ugiensis (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) - Ugi, Three Sisters Is and other small islands off San Cristobal (Solomons).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree having a sun bath, seen from below. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp castaneiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 3.5 -
An adult on a branch moving, calling and flying away. Locality Kirakira, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 3.5 -
Several birds moving in trees and calling. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 3.2
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Kirakira, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands (ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2010 1 year ago 2
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Alarm calls of two birds. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Several calls and whistles of diferent birds. Locality Henuamagaa, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calls of a bird. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp castaneiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Kirakira, Makira (San Cristobal) Island, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp megarhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 September 2010 1 year ago 3
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