Friday, July 10, 2015

WHITE-EARED MONARCH

Photographed at Gold Creek Reserve, Brisbane, Queensland, July 2015

635             WHITE-EARED MONARCH         Monarcha leucotis

Australia          (478)

Found in rainforest margins/regrowth; dense scrubs on streams; paperbarks; mangroves, adjacent eucalypt forest. 13-14 cm. Range: coastal e. Aust. and mountains of Gt Divide; forested coastal islands: from C. York (Q), s. to c. Iluka (ne. NSW); casual Crowdy Bay NP (n. of Harrington, NSW). Uncommon to rare in s. ; more common coastal than on highlands. Probable autumn-winter migration from highlands to coastal lowlands.





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