Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) - HBW 11, p. 319
French: Monarque de Vanikoro
German: Rotbauchmonarch
Spanish: Monarca de Vanikoro
Other common names: Red-bellied Flycatcher, Vanikoro Broadbill/Myiagra Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Platyrhynchos vanikorensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Vanikoro.
Closely related to and often considered to form a superspecies with M. rubecula, M. ferrocyanea, M. cervinicauda, M. caledonica and M. albiventris. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Santa Cruz Is (Vanikoro), in extreme E Solomon Is.
- rufiventris Elliot, 1859 - Fiji (except Beqa, Vatulele, Kadavu, Moala Group and Lau Archipelago).
- kandavensis Mayr, 1933 - Beqa, Vatulele and Kadavu, in SW Fiji.
- vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - Santa Cruz Is (Vanikoro), in extreme E Solomon Is.
- rufiventris Elliot, 1859 - Fiji (except Beqa, Vatulele, Kadavu, Moala Group and Lau Archipelago).
- kandavensis Mayr, 1933 - Beqa, Vatulele and Kadavu, in SW Fiji.
- dorsalis Mayr, 1933 - N Lau Archipelago and Moala Group (E Fiji).
- townsendi Wetmore, 1919 - S Lau Archipelago (SE Fiji).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a trunk, under the canopy Locality Kadavu, Fiji (ssp kandavensis)
Luc Fazio 16 August 2007 3 years ago 5 sec 3
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Male in garden
Locality Taveuni, Fiji (ssp rufiventris )
Tom Tarrant 12 June 2008 3 years ago 4.3
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A male Vanikoro Flycatcher calling. Locality Lavena Coastal Walk, Taveuni, Fiji
(ssp rufiventris)
Chris Harrison 5 January 2011 4 weeks ago 3
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