Scientific Name: Monarcha melanopsis
Common Name: Black faced Monarch
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Other Names: NA
Distribution: East coast of Australia
Habitat: Rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrub and damp gullies.
Field Notes: distinctive black face that does not extend across the eyes, grey upperparts, wings and upper breast, contrasting with a rufous belly. The dark eye has a thin black eye ring and a lighter area of pale grey around it. The blue-grey bill has a hooked tip. Size 18cm.
Photo by auscraft 2012, Sunday Creek
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Common Name: Black faced Monarch
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Other Names: NA
Distribution: East coast of Australia
Habitat: Rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrub and damp gullies.
Field Notes: distinctive black face that does not extend across the eyes, grey upperparts, wings and upper breast, contrasting with a rufous belly. The dark eye has a thin black eye ring and a lighter area of pale grey around it. The blue-grey bill has a hooked tip. Size 18cm.
Photo by auscraft 2012, Sunday Creek
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