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Photo by James Eaton
Talaud Island,Indonesia, August-2004

Monarcha cinerascens

Identification

Distribution

Asia and Australasia
Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Timor, Moluccas
Australasia: Island of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Taxonomy

There are deep mitchondrial DNA divergences between some races which suggests this taxon should be split into multiple species [3]

Subspecies

Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:

M. c. cinerascens: Wallacea (Sulawesi and adjacent islands, Moluccas, and Lesser Sundas)
M. c. inornatus: North-western New Guinea, Aru, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool islands
M. c. steini: Numfor Island (New Guinea)
M. c. geelvinkianus: Yapen and Biak islands (New Guinea)
M. c. fuscescens: Islands in Geelvink Bay (northern New Guinea)
M. c. nigrirostris: Coastal northern New Guinea (Dagua to Huon Gulf)
M. c. fulviventris: Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite and Admiralty islands
M. c. perpallidus: Bismarck Archipelago (Mussau, Tench, Lavongai, Djaul, Tabar Islands, Lihir Islands, and Tanga Islands)
M. c. impediens: Eastern Bismarck Archipelago to Solomon Islands
M. c. rosselianus: D'Entrecasteaux, Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos

Habitat

Behaviour

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase#Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Island Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Island_Monarch

External Links

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 '''Australasia''': Island of [[New Guinea]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Solomon Islands]]
 ==Taxonomy==
-====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
+There are deep mitchondrial DNA divergences between some races which suggests this taxon should be split into multiple species [[#References|[3]]]
-*''M. c. commutatus'':
+====Subspecies====
-:*Sangihe and Siau islands (north of [[Sulawesi]])
+Clements recognises the following subspecies [[#References|[1]]]:
-*''M. c. jabobii'':
+*''M. c. cinerascens'': Wallacea ([[Sulawesi]] and adjacent islands, [[Moluccas]], and [[Lesser Sundas]])
-:*Talaud Islands ([[Moluccas]])
+*''M. c. inornatus'': North-western [[New Guinea]], Aru, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool islands
-*''M. c. disjunctus'':
+*''M. c. steini'': Numfor Island ([[New Guinea]])
-:*[[Lesser Sundas]]
+*''M. c. geelvinkianus'': Yapen and Biak islands ([[New Guinea]])
-*''M. c. intercedens'':
+*''M. c. fuscescens'': Islands in Geelvink Bay (northern [[New Guinea]])
-:*[[Sulawesi]], Tukangbesi, Peleng, Banggai and Sula islands
+*''M. c. nigrirostris'': Coastal northern [[New Guinea]] (Dagua to Huon Gulf)
-*''M. c. cinerascens'':
+*''M. c. fulviventris'': Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite and Admiralty islands
-:*[[Lesser Sundas]] ([[Timor]], Wetar and Romang)
+*''M. c. perpallidus'': Bismarck Archipelago (Mussau, Tench, Lavongai, Djaul, Tabar Islands, Lihir Islands, and Tanga Islands)
-*''M. c. kisserensis'':
+*''M. c. impediens'': Eastern Bismarck Archipelago to [[Solomon Islands]]
-:*[[Lesser Sundas]] (Kisar, Damar, Kai and Tanimbar Islands)
+*''M. c. rosselianus'': D'Entrecasteaux, Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos
-*''M. c. harterti'':
-:*Northern and southern [[Moluccas]]
-*''M. c. brunneus'':
-:*Great Banda Island (southern [[Moluccas]])
-*''M. c. inornatus'':
-:*North-western [[New Guinea]], Aru, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool islands
-*''M. c. steini'':
-:*Numfor Island ([[New Guinea]])
-*''M. c. geelvinkianus'':
-:*Yapen and Biak islands ([[New Guinea]])
-*''M. c. fuscescens'':
-:*Islands in Geelvink Bay (northern [[New Guinea]])
-*''M. c. nigrirostris'':
-:*Coastal northern [[New Guinea]] (Dagua to Huon Gulf)
-*''M. c. fulviventris	'':
-:*Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite and Admiralty islands
-*''M. c. perpallidus'':
-:*St. Matthias Group and western Bismarck Archipelago
-*''M. c. impediens'':
-:*Eastern Bismarck Archipelago to [[Solomon Islands]]
-*''M. c. rosselianus'':
-:*D'Entrecasteaux, Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos
 ==Habitat==
 ==Behaviour==
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Avibase#{{Ref-Eatonetal21}}
 {{ref}}
 ==External Links==