Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

White-collared Monarch (Monarcha vidua) - HBW 11, p. 312

French: Monarque à col blanc German: Schuppenmonarch Spanish: Monarca Acollarado

Taxonomy: Piezorhynchus vidua Tristram, 1879, Makira Harbour, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Original species name is a noun in apposition, and is thus invariable. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • vidua (Tristram, 1879) - San Cristobal, in SE Solomons.
  • squamulatus (Tristram, 1882) - Ugi Is, in SE Solomons.