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Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens) - HBW 11, p. 303

French: Monarque des îles German: Graukopfmonarch Spanish: Monarca Isleño
Other common names: Islet Monarch, Island Grey-headed Monarch-flycatcher

Taxonomy: Drymophila cinerascens Temminck, 1827, Timor.
Several authors have proposed that all or most races are not tenable, and that the species should be treated as monotypic or, alternatively, restricted to just nominate race and three others, from very pale perpallidus to dark impediens and an intermediate fulviventris (with wide degree of variation within and between the island forms); full taxonomic review needed. Other proposed races are jacobii (from Talaud Is), disjunctus (N Sumbawa, islands in Flores Sea), intercedens (Tukangbesi Is), harterti (Moluccas), brunneus (Great Banda, in S.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Drymophila cinerascens Temminck, 1827, Timor.
Several authors have proposed that all or most races are not tenable, and that the species should be treated as monotypic or, alternatively, restricted to just nominate race and three others, from very pale perpallidus to dark impediens and an intermediate fulviventris (with wide degree of variation within and between the island forms); full taxonomic review needed. Other proposed races are jacobii (from Talaud Is), disjunctus (N Sumbawa, islands in Flores Sea), intercedens (Tukangbesi Is), harterti (Moluccas), brunneus (Great Banda, in S Moluccas) and kisserensis (E Lesser Sundas), all synonymized with nominate. Eleven subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • commutatus Brüggemann, 1876 - islands of Sangihe, Siau, Mayu and Tifore.
  • cinerascens (Temminck, 1827) - Talaud Archipelago, Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
  • inornatus (Garnot, 1829) - W Papuan Is, NW New Guinea and Aru Is.

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  • commutatus Brüggemann, 1876 - islands of Sangihe, Siau, Mayu and Tifore.
  • cinerascens (Temminck, 1827) - Talaud Archipelago, Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
  • inornatus (Garnot, 1829) - W Papuan Is, NW New Guinea and Aru Is.
  • steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Numfor I (Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
  • geelvinkianus A. B. Meyer, 1885 - Biak I andYapen I (in Geelvink Bay).
  • fuscescens A. B. Meyer, 1885 - islands off N New Guinea.
  • nigrirostris Neumann, 1929 - NE New Guinea and islands.
  • fulviventris Hartlaub, 1868 - W Bismarck Archipelago (Anchorite, Ninigo and Admiralty Is).
  • perpallidus Neumann, 1924 - Emirau and Tench Islands, St Matthias Group, Tingwon Is, New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar Is and Lihir Is.
  • impediens E. J. O. Hartert, 1926 - islets off E Bismarck Archipelago S to Solomon Is.
  • rosselianus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1916 - Trobriand Is, D’Entrecasteaux Is and Louisiade Archipelago.

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