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Species
Monarcha trivirgatus Temminck, 1826
Nomenclature
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Family: MonarchidaeGenus: Monarcha
Species:
Monarcha trivirgatus Temminck, 1826
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Spectacled Monarch, Spectacled Flycatcher/Monarchflycatcher,
White-bellied/Black-fronted Flycatcher
Media
SUMMARY
Medium sized flycatcher with black face, rufous breast, grey wings and black-and-white tail. Mlae nominate race has black on forehead across cheek to ear-coverts, chin and throat, crown and most of UpP gra or bluish, flight feather browner, tail mostly black, extensive white itps on outer R, side of throat, neck and breast orange-rufous, becoming white on belly, iris dark, bill dark blue or pearly grey, legs grey to blackish grey. Female is very similar, but duller. Juvenile lacks black on face, has whitish lores and cheek spots, with ear-coverts darker grey than rest of head, white tips on foreahead and throat, UnP duller rusty orange than adult, white in tail duller or more buffish, bill blue-grey or dark grey with dark tip.