Black-faced Monarch
Monarcha melanopsis ‡
Bonadio RV Park, Yungaburra, FNE Qld IMG_9852 20251028
Notes: Blue-grey upperparts. Black face & bib, pale eyering.
Hooked pale blue bill. Blue-grey
breast demarcated from rufous belly. Tail w/o
white tips. Juvenile no face mask, pale spot in
front of eye, brown tinge to
wings. Cf Black-winged Monarch.
Forages in denser parts of mid-
level forests.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©
Walker Bay Rd, Cooktown, FNE Qld IMG_7186 20180305 - adult w. prey. CLICK for another pic.
Bonadio RV Nature Park, Yungaburra, FNE Qld IMG_0882 20201101 - adult. No white tips to tail.
Rifle Ck, Mt Molloy, FNE Qld IMG_7754 20180307
Walker Bay Rd, Cooktown, FNE Qld IMG_7178 20180305
Malanda, FNE Qld IMG_9358 20180320 - immature
Bodalla Forest Pk, SE NSW IMG_6863 20151202 - late immature: facial mask still developing. CLICK for another view.
Bonadio RV Park, Yungaburra, FNE Qld IMG_9856 20251028
Curtain Fig Tree NP, Yungaburra, FNE Qld IMG_5995 20210314 - adult on nest, calling.
School Camp, Danbulla NP, Tablelands, FNE Qld IMG_6104 20210315 - adult preening.