Femelle © shorty w
Mâle © Richard Fuller
Femelle © Hayley Alexander
Mâle © Terence Alexander

Monarque rougegorge Myiagra rubecula

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Identification

ALIMENTÉ PAR MERLIN

A long-tailed, slender songbird with fine bill. Males rich blue-gray above, white below, with a blue-gray bib with convex lower edge (curves upward at the edges). Crown paler than throat, lending male a bearded appearance in optimal light. Male Satin Flycatcher has uniformly dark head, blackish (not grayish) tail feathers, and concave bib edge. Female paler blue-gray above, with pale orange throat and breast. Inhabits varied woodlands, perches high in the canopy, often shakes the tail rapidly. Song a repeated two-note whistle; call a loud buzzing “zerp.”

ALIMENTÉ PAR MERLIN