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Monarcha frater

[edit] Identification

• Grey upperparts, wings and upper breast
• Rufous belly
• Black face
• Thin black eye ring
• Blue-grey hooked bill
  

Juveniles: similar, black bill, brown body and wings.

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 4 subspecies.

• M. f. frater:

• Vogelkop Mountains of north-western New Guinea

• M. f. kunupi:

• Weyland Mountains in central New Guinea

• M. f. periophthalmicus:

• Mountains of eastern and south-eastern New Guinea

• M. f. canescens:

• Southern Torres Strait islands and eastern Cape York Peninsula south to Cape Flattery

[edit] Habitat

Rain forests, coastal scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

The female builds a deep cup nest; both sexes incubate the eggs and feed the young.

[edit] References

1. Birds in Backyards
2. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

• List of references

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