Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Yellow-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer) - HBW 11, p. 325
French: Largebec à poitrine jaune
German: Gelbbauch-Flachschnabel
Spanish: Monarca-piquiplano Pechiamarillo
Other common names: (Yellow-breasted) Boat-billed Flycatcher, Yellow-breasted Flatbill/Flatbill-flycatcher, Wherrybill
Taxonomy: Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Gould, 1851, Cape York, Australia.
Relationships of genus uncertain; has been suggested that this species and M. nigripectus should be placed in a separate family of their own. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862 - Waigeo, in W Papuan Is.
- albigula Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - W Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool) and W & NC New Guinea.
- novus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1912 - NE New Guinea.
- albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862 - Waigeo, in W Papuan Is.
- albigula Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 - W Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool) and W & NC New Guinea.
- novus Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1912 - NE New Guinea.
- xanthogenys G. R. Gray, 1858 - S & SE New Guinea and Aru Is.
- flaviventer Gould, 1851 - N Australia (N & E Cape York Peninsula).
- secundus Mathews, 1912 - NE Queensland (Shipton’s Flat inland to Atherton Tablelands, and S to Townsville area).
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Adult male perched
Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp xanthogenys)
Nik Borrow 26 September 2005 2 years ago 2
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Male singing within a mixed flock. Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 2 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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