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Photo by James Eaton
Talaud Island,Indonesia, August-2004

Monarcha cinerascens

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia and Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Timor, Moluccas
Australasia: Island of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• M. c. commutatus:

• Sangihe and Siau islands (north of Sulawesi)

• M. c. jabobii:

• Talaud Islands (Moluccas)

• M. c. disjunctus:

• Lesser Sundas

• M. c. intercedens:

• Sulawesi, Tukangbesi, Peleng, Banggai and Sula islands

• M. c. cinerascens:

• Lesser Sundas (Timor, Wetar and Romang)

• M. c. kisserensis:

• Lesser Sundas (Kisar, Damar, Kai and Tanimbar Islands)

• M. c. harterti:

• Northern and southern Moluccas

• M. c. brunneus:

• Great Banda Island (southern Moluccas)

• M. c. inornatus:

• North-western New Guinea, Aru, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool islands

• M. c. steini:

• Numfor Island (New Guinea)

• M. c. geelvinkianus:

• Yapen and Biak islands (New Guinea)

• M. c. fuscescens:

• Islands in Geelvink Bay (northern New Guinea)

• M. c. nigrirostris:

• Coastal northern New Guinea (Dagua to Huon Gulf)

• M. c. fulviventris :

• Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite and Admiralty islands

• M. c. perpallidus:

• St. Matthias Group and western Bismarck Archipelago

• M. c. impediens:

• Eastern Bismarck Archipelago to Solomon Islands

• M. c. rosselianus:

• D'Entrecasteaux, Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. 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.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID