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Male subspecies kordensis
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Biak, Papua New Guinea, May 2004

Monarcha chrysomela

Identification

12·5–14 cm

Female
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Biak, Papua New Guinea, March 2005

Formerly placed in genus Monarcha.

There are 9 subspecies^[1]:

C. c. aurantiacus: Northern New Guinea (Geelvink to Astrolabe Bay and Ramu River)
C. c. melanonotus : North-western New Guinea and western Papuan islands
C. c. kordensis: Biak and Misool islands (New Guinea)
C. c. nitidus: Eastern and south-eastern New Guinea and Louisiade Archipelago
C. c. aruensis: Southern New Guinea and Aru Islands
C. c. pulcherrimus: Dyaul I. (Bismarck Archipelago)
C. c. chrysomela: Bismarck Archipelago (New Hanover and New Ireland)
C. c. whitneyorum: Lihir Group (Bismarck Archipelago)
C. c. tabarensis: Tabar Group (Bismarck Archipelago)

Forest edges and clearings.

Their diet includes small invertebrates, including grasshoppers.

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/

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Golden Monarch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Golden_Monarch

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