Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Manus Monarch (Monarcha infelix) - HBW 11, p. 311

French: Monarque triste German: Silberschwanzmonarch Spanish: Monarca de la Manus
Other common names: Admiralty Pied Monarch

Taxonomy: Monarcha infelix P. L. Sclater, 1877, Admiralty Islands.
Race coultasi considered by some authors to be invalid, as indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies provisionally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • infelix P. L. Sclater, 1877 - Manus I, in Admiralty Is.
  • coultasi Mayr, 1955 - Rambutyo, Tong and perhaps other islands off Manus.

  • Near Threatened
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