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Location: Biak, Papua New Guinea

Monarcha chrysomela

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: Indonesia, Mollucas, Papua New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• M. c. aurantiacus:

• Northern New Guinea (Geelvink to Astrolabe Bay and Ramu River)

• M. c. melanonotus :

• North-western New Guinea and western Papuan islands

• M. c. kordensis:

• Biak and Misool islands (New Guinea)

• M. c. nitidus:

• Eastern and south-eastern New Guinea and Louisiade Archipelago

• M. c. aruensis:

• Southern New Guinea and Aru Islands

• M. c. pulcherrimus:

• Dyaul I. (Bismarck Archipelago)

• M. c. chrysomela:

• Bismarck Archipelago (New Hanover and New Ireland)

• M. c. whitneyorum:

• Lihir Group (Bismarck Archipelago)

• M. c. tabarensis:

• Tabar Group (Bismarck Archipelago)

[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.

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID