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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

Subspecies[1]

  • M. c. commutatus:
  • Sangihe and Siau islands (north of Sulawesi)
  • M. c. jabobii:
  • M. c. disjunctus:
  • M. c. intercedens:
  • Sulawesi, Tukangbesi, Peleng, Banggai and Sula islands
  • M. c. cinerascens:
  • M. c. kisserensis:
  • M. c. harterti:
  • M. c. brunneus:
  • M. c. inornatus:
  • North-western New Guinea, Aru, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool islands
  • M. c. steini:
  • M. c. geelvinkianus:
  • M. c. fuscescens:
  • M. c. nigrirostris:
  • M. c. fulviventris :
  • Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite and Admiralty islands
  • M. c. perpallidus:
  • St. Matthias Group and western Bismarck Archipelago
  • M. c. impediens:
  • M. c. rosselianus:
  • D'Entrecasteaux, Bismarck and Louisiade archipelagos

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase

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