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Measuring 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in), the golden monarch displays marked sexual dimorphism. The male is a bright golden colour with sharply delineated black cheeks and throat, primary wing feathers and tail. It has a pale blue and black bill and dark brown iris, and a distinctive teardrop pattern of white feathers under the eye. The subspecies pulcherrima has a golden back, others have a black back. The female lacks the black colouring and is instead an olive-greenish with more yellowish underparts. It has black bill and the teardrop pattern under the eye.
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When to see the Golden Monarch
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Golden Monarch
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Golden Monarch
The golden monarch is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The golden monarch displays marked sexual dimorphism, the male a striking golden colour with black mask, wings and tail, the female a golden or golden-olive colour. Both bear a characteristic 'teardrop' white pattern below the eye.
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Easily confused with
White-naped MonarchCarterornis pileatusThe white-naped monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
Tanimbar MonarchCarterornis castusThe Tanimbar monarch, or Loetoe monarch is a bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Indonesia.
White-eared MonarchCarterornis leucotisThe white-eared monarch, or white-eared flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
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