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Photo by Neil Fifer

Monarcha trivirgatus

Includes Moluccan Monarch

[edit] Identification

Blue-grey upperparts, black face mask that extends across both eyes, rufous breast, white underparts, black tail with white outer tips. Immature birds lack the black face and have a grey throat.

[edit] Distribution

Coastal north-eastern and eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Timor.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Thick understorey in rainforests, wet gullies and waterside vegetation, as well as mangroves.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

It builds a small cup nest of fine bark, plant fibres, moss and spider web in a tree fork or in hanging vines, often near water.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID