Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) - HBW 11, p. 317

French: Monarque rougegorge German: Silbermonarch Spanish: Monarca Plomizo
Other common names: Leaden Monarch/Myiagra Flycatcher, Blue/Leaden-coloured Flycatcher

Taxonomy: Todus rubecula Latham, 1801, Sydney, Australia.
Closely related to and often considered to form a superspecies with M. ferrocyanea, M. cervinicauda, M. caledonica, M. vanikorensis and M. albiventris. Races intergrade where they meet in Australia; also a clinal increase in size from N to S. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

papuana Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - S & SE New Guinea and islands in Torres Strait.
sciurorum Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - D’Entrecasteaux Is and Louisiade Archipelago (off SE New Guinea).
concinna Gould, 1848 - breeds NW & NC Australia; non-breeding also Cape York Peninsula.

See all 6 subspecies

papuana Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - S & SE New Guinea and islands in Torres Strait.
sciurorum Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1918 - D’Entrecasteaux Is and Louisiade Archipelago (off SE New Guinea).
concinna Gould, 1848 - breeds NW & NC Australia; non-breeding also Cape York Peninsula.
okyri Schodde & Mason, 1999 - Cape York Peninsula (N Australia).
yorki Mathews, 1912 - NE & E Australia.
rubecula (Latham, 1801) - breeds SE Australia; non-breeding SE New Guinea and NE Australia (E Queensland).