Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Monarch Flycatchers :: Black-faced Monarch

Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis

Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): Pearly-winged Monarch, Gray-winged Monarch, Grey-winged Monarch, Gray-winged Monarch-flycatcher, Grey-winged Monarch-flycatcher, Black-faced Flycatcher, Carinated Flycatcher, Pearly-winged Flycatcher
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Warriewood Wetlands, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Nov, 2004 © Neil Fifer  Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia - Oct 14, 2005 © Charlie Moores 
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Range

E. New Guinea and e. Australia;
Coastal ne. Queensland (Cape York and Lamingtion National Park), New South Wales (Kioloa rest area on the Princes Highway n. of Batemans Bay, Nadgee National Park, Barren Grounds and Royal National Park in the Sidney area) and se. Victoria.
Disperses to se. New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand Is., Louisiade Archipelago, and e. Cape York Peninsula.

Videos

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Sounds

Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia - Nov, 2000 Source: Dan Mennill

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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