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.

SPECTACLED MONARCH

Photographed at Moggill Conservation Area, Brisbane, Queensland, July 2015.

634           SPECTACLED MONARCH              Monarcha trivirgatus

Australia           (477)

Also known as Spectacled Flycatcher. 14-16 cm. Found in understory of mountain/lowland rainforests; thickly wooded gullies; waterslide vegetation; mostly well below canopy. Range: coastal ne. and e. Aust. and coastal islands, from Cape York (Q) s. to Watson River on w. coast and to Port Stephens (NSW) on e. coast. Resident s. to Rockhampton; summer breeding migrant to se Q-ne. NSW, from Sept-Oct., to May. Common in humid ne. Q, elsewhere uncommon in suitable habitat.