ISLAND MONARCH

Photographed on Ashmore Reef, November 2019

1302.             ISLAND MONARCH                   Monarcha cinerascens

AUSTRALIA              785

Mainly confined to islands in Wallace, and across n of New Guinea to Solomans, from smallest vegetated coral cays to large and diverse islands, such as Timor and Roti. Australian records from Ashmore Reef, Browse and Cassini Islands. In Aust. Recorded in littoral scrub on sand or coral islets; methodically searches for invertebrates among foliaged branches of low scrubs and trees, some sallying for flying insects.

BLACK-WINGED MONARCH

Photographed at Cooktown, Queensland February 2018

1240               BLACK-WINGED MONARCH                  Monarcha frater  

AUSTRALIAN                 734

Also known as Black-chinned Flycatcher, Black-chinned Monarch, Black-winged Flycatcher, and Black-winged Monarch Flycatcher. Found in Australia and on New Guinea. Habitat subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Four subspecies; Pearly Monarch (M. f. canescens) is the subspecies found on islands in Torres Straits and ne Australia.

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.

FRILLED MONARCH

Photographed at Iron Range, Queensland October 2015

685          FRILlED MONARCH            Arses telescophthalmus

Australia          (527)

Found in rainforest, chiefly in middle spaces/lower canopy. Range: confined to n. Cape York Pen.(Q): s. to McIwraith Ra. on e. coast and to Archer R. on w. coast. Fairly common, sedentary. 

PIED MONARCH

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

671           PIED MONARCH              Arses kaupi

Australia         (513)

Found in rainforests, palm/vine scrubs; especially near running water; adjacent eucalyptus woodlands. 15-16 cm. Range: coastal ne. Q, from Cooktown s. to Ingham, in rainforests up to 700 m. Fairly common, Sedentary.

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. 

BLACK-FACED MONARCH

147         BLACK-FACED MONARCH            Monarcha melanopsis

Australia    (147)

Also known as the Black-faced Flycatcher. 16-19 cm. Found in rain forests, woodlands, coastal scrub,  rain forests, and forests. Range down east coast from Cape York to Melbourne.