- 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. (2025) Black-faced Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-faced_Monarch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
