Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi) - HBW 11, p. 315
French: Monarque sanglé
German: Elstermonarch
Spanish: Monarca Pío
Other common names: Australian Pied Monarch, Banded Monarch, Pied Monarch-flycatcher, Black-breasted/Kaup’s Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Arses kaupi Gould, 1851, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with A. insularis, A. telescopthalmus and A. lorealis. Race terraereginae intergrades with nominate in Mossman region, and possibly inseparable from it; species perhaps better treated as monotypic. Two subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- terraereginae A. J. Campbell, 1895 - coastal NE Queensland (from Endeavour R-Annan R area S to Thornton Peak/Daintree R), in N Australia.
- kaupi Gould, 1851 - coastal NE Queensland from Mossman/Carbine Tableland S to Seaview Range (Townsville).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Female
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp kaupi)
Fran Trabalon 22 October 2007 2 years ago 3
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