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Black-faced Monarch

Monarcha melanopsis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 23 g
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 1
Photo: finch_fanatic · CC0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 2
Photo: Damien O'Donnell · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 3
Photo: Damien O'Donnell · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 4
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 5
Photo: Mark Clarke · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 6
Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 7
Photo: ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 8
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 9
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis), photo 10
Photo: Thomas Quine · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The black-faced monarch is grey, with rufous underparts and mature birds have a black patch on the face.

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When to see the Black-faced Monarch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-faced Monarch

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Papua New Guinea

About the Black-faced Monarch

The black-faced monarch is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater) Black-winged MonarchMonarcha fraterThe black-winged monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Island MonarchMonarcha cinerascensThe island monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Chestnut-bellied Monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris) Chestnut-bellied MonarchMonarcha castaneiventrisThe chestnut-bellied monarch or chestnut-bellied monarch-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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