Alternative name: Banda Sea Monarch
- Symposiachrus mundus
Monarcha mundus
Identification
16 cm. A monarch with a long, dagger-like and slightly upturned bill.
- Black forhead and lores to ear-coverts, chin and throat
- Dark grey upperparts to uppertail-coverts, blackish upperwing-coverts and flight-feathers
- Tail black on inner feathers, becoming white towards outermost feathers
- White underparts
- Dark eye
- Ash-grey to lead-grey bill
Sexes similar. Juvenile has a pale forecrown, a whitish face to throat and neck, greyish-brown upperparts, buff edges and tips on outer tail feathers and cinnamon-brown underparts.
Similar species
Has a larger and longer bill than Spectacled Monarch. Also no rufous in plumage and only the centre of throat black.
Distribution
Indonesia: found in eastern Lesser Sundas (Babar, Damar, Larat, Yamdena and Selaru).
A fairly common restricted-range species. Uncertain status on Damar, not found in 2001 on the island.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Monarcha.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and mangrove forests, including selectively logged areas.
Behaviour
Steeply raises and fans its tail when alarmed or agitated.
Diet
Knot well known, but probably feeds mainly on small invertebrates.
Forages in pairs or small groups, very often in mixed-species flocks. Searches for food in middle level of trees.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
This is a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2006. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553064
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-bibbed Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-bibbed_Monarch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
