Monarchidae

Pomarea nigra (Photo from Birdlife) Common name: Tahiti monarch (en); monarca-do-Taiti (pt); monarque de Tahiti (fr); monarca de Tahiti (es); Tahitimonarch (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. Even within the island it is restricted to just 4 lowland valleys. Size: The Tahiti…

Myiagra cyanoleuca Photo by Lindsay Hansch (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: satin flycatcher (en); monarca-acetinado (pt); monarque satiné (fr); monarca satinado (es); seidenmyiagra (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: The satin flycatcher is found breeding in eastern Australia, down to Tasmania, and in New Zealand. They migrate north to winter in northern Australia, Papua…

Hypothymis azurea Photo by Eric Soo (Nature in Singapore) Common name: black-naped monarch (en); monarca-azul (pt); tchitrec azuré (fr); monarca nuquinegro (es); schwarzgenickschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This Asian species is found from India and Sri Lanka in the west, across southern Asia to southern China and Indonesia, and the island groups…

Terpsiphone corvina Common name: Seychelles paradise-flycatcher (en); monarca-das-Seychelles (pt); tchitrec des Seychelles (fr); monarca-colilargo de las Seychelles (es); Seychellen-paradiesschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This species is endemic to the Seychelles archipelago, being mostly found in La Digue, but also in Marianne, Praslin and Félicité. Size: The males are considerably longer than females…