BLACK-NAPED MONARCH

Subspecies ceylonensis, photographed March 2017

(* 870)                    BLACK-NAPED MONARCH               Hypothymis azurea      

SRI LANKA               37

Found in forest, wooded areas and adjoining home gardens. 16 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in lowlands to mid hills, comparatively more in wet zone.

BLACK-NAPED MONARCH

Photographed on Nusa Penida, Indonesia October 2016

(870)              BLACK-NAPED MONARCH                    Hypothymis azurea  

INDONESIA (Nusa Penida)          (93)        

Frequents a variety of wooded habitats, from wet primary rainforest in the Sunda subregion to deciduous forests and secondary growth in eastern Indonesia; found from the coast into lower montane elevations. 17 cm. Distribution: Oriental region: widespread and locally fairly common resident in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara east to Flores.