Monarcha rubiensis Meyer, AB, 1874

Large, long tailed and almost entirely rufous monarch. Male has grey crown, plain warm rufous upper forehead and forecrown, face and neck side, black lower forehead, lores, chin and throat, may show paler area on upper breast, upperwing and tail deep rufous, iris dark, bill slate-coloured or slaty-bluish or bluish-black, legs and feet slate blue or black. Female is generally duller or browner than male, especially on head and face, and lacks black on foreahead, chin and throat. Juvenile is similar to female, but lacks greyish tinge on crown, has blackish bill, lower mandible yellowish or tipped bluish.