Louisiade Monarch (Symposiachrus melanopterus) | Range and ID

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When to see the Louisiade Monarch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Louisiade Monarch

Regular range

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

Papua New Guinea

About the Louisiade Monarch

The Louisiade monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found in the Louisiade Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Vella Lavella MonarchSymposiachrus nigrotectusThe Vella Lavella monarch, is a passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitaeThe Malaita monarch is a species of passerine bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. Mussau MonarchSymposiachrus menckeiThe Mussau monarch, also known as the white-breasted monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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