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Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Golden Monarch (Monarcha chrysomela) - HBW 11, p. 313

French: Monarque doré German: Goldmonarch Spanish: Monarca Dorado
Other common names: Black-and-gold Monarch, Black-and-yellow Monarch-flycatcher

Taxonomy: Muscicapa chrysomela Garnot, 1827, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago.
Geographical variation largely clinal. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • melanonotus P. L. Sclater, 1877 - W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and NW New Guinea (Vogelkop).
  • kordensis A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Biak I (in Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
  • aruensis Salvadori, 1874 - Aru Is, off SW New Guinea.

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  • melanonotus P. L. Sclater, 1877 - W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and NW New Guinea (Vogelkop).
  • kordensis A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Biak I (in Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
  • aruensis Salvadori, 1874 - Aru Is, off SW New Guinea.
  • aurantiacus A. B. Meyer, 1891 - N New Guinea.
  • nitidus (De Vis, 1897) - S & E New Guinea, including D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago.
  • chrysomela (Garnot, 1827) - New Hanover and New Ireland, in Bismarck Archipelago.
  • pulcherrimus Salomonsen, 1964 - Dyaul I, off NW New Ireland.
  • tabarensis Mayr, 1955 - Tabar Is, off E New Ireland.
  • whitneyorum Mayr, 1955 - Lihir Is, off E New Ireland.
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