Chuuk Monarch (Metabolus rugensis) | Photos and ID

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Chuuk Monarch (Metabolus rugensis), photo 1 — Photo: Doug Whitman · CC BY 4.0

Chuuk Monarch (Metabolus rugensis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Doug Whitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC-BY-NC

ID tip

The Chuuk monarch is a large monarch flycatcher, around 20 cm long. The plumage of this species is sexually dimorphic, with the male having almost entirely white plumage with a black face and throat and the female having entirely black plumage. The large bill is pale blue.

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When to see the Chuuk Monarch

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

Where to see the Chuuk Monarch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Micronesia

About the Chuuk Monarch

The Chuuk monarch, or Truk monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is monotypic within the genus Metabolus. It is endemic to the islands of Chuuk in Micronesia.

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Easily confused with

Rufous MonarchSymposiachrus rubiensisThe rufous monarch, or rufous monarch flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in western New Guinea. Mussau MonarchSymposiachrus menckeiThe Mussau monarch, also known as the white-breasted monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

Fatu Hiva MonarchPomarea whitneyiThe Fatu Hiva monarch is a large flycatcher in the family Monarchidae.

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