Adult © shorty w
Juvenile © Delia Walker
Adult © Tyde Bands

Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis

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Identification

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A slim songbird with rather long tail and substantial bill. Gray above, rufous below, with gray head, black forehead and throat. Juvenile lacks black in face. In all plumages, small white crescent in front of eye. Often perches horizontally, slightly raising tail. Inhabits wetter forested areas along eastern coast of Australia, where it forages slowly for insects in foliage.

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