- Symposiachrus verticalis
Monarcha verticalis
Identification
15–17·5 cm (6-7 in)
- White face
- Black throat
Male (nominate)
- Black lores to over eye, eyering and chin to throat
Distribution
Australasia: found in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Monarcha.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- S. v.s ateralbus:
- Dyaul Island (Bismarck Archipelago)
- S. v. verticalis:
- New Britain, New Ireland and adjacent islands in Bismarck Archipelago
Habitat
They occupy both lowland and hill primary semi-evergreen forests and bamboo thickets at heights up to 1380 m.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage alone or in pairs and in mixed species flocks in the lower and mid levels of trees. There is little more information available.
Breeding
They construct a cup-shaped nest from plant fibre and lichen, all bound together with spiders web. It is placed about 15 m up in a tree fork.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-tailed Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-tailed_Monarch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
