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− | + | [[Image:Black-faced_Monarch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br /> Sydney, [[Australia]], November 2004]] | |
− | [[Image:Black-faced_Monarch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br /> | ||
;[[:Category:Monarcha|Monarcha]] melanopsis | ;[[:Category:Monarcha|Monarcha]] melanopsis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | *Black face not extending to the eyes | ||
+ | *Grey upperparts, wings and upper breast | ||
+ | *Rufous belly | ||
+ | *Dark eye with thin black eye ring, lighter area of pale grey around it | ||
+ | *Bill is blue-grey with a hooked tip | ||
+ | '''Young birds''' are similar without the black face. Black bill and rather a brownish body and wings | ||
+ | ====Similar Species==== | ||
+ | [[Black-winged Monarch]] and [[Spectacled Monarch]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[Image:Black faced monarch immature.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|daKing|daKing }}<br />Gold Coast [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], March 2008]] | ||
Eastern [[Australia]] (more common in north), migrating to [[New Guinea]]. | Eastern [[Australia]] (more common in north), migrating to [[New Guinea]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | This is a monotypic species. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
+ | |||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, scrub and damp gullies, in coastal areas | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ====Diet==== | ||
+ | The diet includes insects. | ||
+ | ====Breeding==== | ||
+ | The female builds a deep cup nest using casuarina needles, bark, roots, moss and spider web, about 3-6 m above the ground in the fork of a tree. Both sexes incubate the eggs and feed the young. | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Birds in Backyards | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | {{GSearch|Monarcha | + | {{GSearch|"Monarcha melanopsis" {{!}} "Black-faced Monarch"}} |
− | + | {{GS-checked}} | |
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+ | <br /> | ||
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Monarcha]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Monarcha]] |
Latest revision as of 15:07, 31 December 2022
- Monarcha melanopsis
Identification
- Black face not extending to the eyes
- Grey upperparts, wings and upper breast
- Rufous belly
- Dark eye with thin black eye ring, lighter area of pale grey around it
- Bill is blue-grey with a hooked tip
Young birds are similar without the black face. Black bill and rather a brownish body and wings
Similar Species
Black-winged Monarch and Spectacled Monarch
Distribution
Eastern Australia (more common in north), migrating to New Guinea.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, scrub and damp gullies, in coastal areas
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Breeding
The female builds a deep cup nest using casuarina needles, bark, roots, moss and spider web, about 3-6 m above the ground in the fork of a tree. Both sexes incubate the eggs and feed the young.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birds in Backyards
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-faced Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-faced_Monarch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.