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Species
Monarcha melanopsis Vieillot, 1818
Nomenclature
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Family: MonarchidaeGenus: Monarcha
Species:
Monarcha melanopsis Vieillot, 1818
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Black-faced Monarch, Grey-winged Monarch-flycatcher, Blackfaced/
Carinated/Pearly-winged Flycatcher
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SUMMARY
Sluggish pale grey FC with rufous underparts. Has black forehead and lores, narrow blackish eyering, crown and upperparts pale grey, bend of wing and alula feathers blackish, flight –feather blackish, broadly edged pale grey on outer webs, tail grey, chin and throat black, upper breast pale grey, rest of underparts and UW-C orange rufous, iris dark, bill steel-blue to blue-grey, legs grey and lead-grey. Sexes alike . Juvenile is similar to adult, but lacks black on otherwise pale grey head and face, has brownish wings and tail, and dark bill with pinkish or horn coloured base of lower mandible.