- Monarcha frater
Identification
- Grey upperparts, wings and upper breast
- Rufous belly
- Black face
- Thin black eye ring
- Blue-grey hooked bill
Juveniles: similar, black bill, brown body and wings.
Distribution
Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- M. f. frater:
- Vogelkop Mountains of north-western New Guinea
- M. f. kunupi:
- Weyland Mountains in central New Guinea
- M. f. periophthalmicus:
- Mountains of eastern and south-eastern New Guinea
- M. f. canescens:
- Southern Torres Strait islands and eastern Cape York Peninsula south to Cape Flattery
Habitat
Rain forests, coastal scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Breeding
The female builds a deep cup nest; both sexes incubate the eggs and feed the young.
References
- Birds in Backyards
- 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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-winged Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-winged_Monarch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
