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Species
Arses insularis Meyer, AB, 1874
Nomenclature
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Family: MonarchidaeGenus: Arses
Species:
Arses insularis Meyer, AB, 1874
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Rufous-collared Monarch, Rufous-collared Monarch
SUMMARY
Male has vivid ochre-buff collar (feathers erectile), neck side, chin, throat and upper breast, black face with well-developed blue fleshy eyering, small area of black on chin; mantle, remiges and tail black, lower back, scapulars and rump white; lower breast, belly, flanks and undertail-coverts white; iris dark brown; bill and legs blue blue-grey. Female is rather dingy, with ash-grey top of head, and upperparts mostly dull olive-brown, collar, chin, throat and upper breast rufous, rest of underparts white. Immature resembles female but seems even duller, and may have black on top of head and orange-buff chin, throat and upper breast.