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Pied Monarch

(Arses kaupi)
Alternate name(s): "Australian Pied Monarch", "Pied Flycatcher", "Kaup's Flycatcher",
"Black-breasted Flycatcher", "Banded Monarch", "Pied Monarch-Flycatcher"

Size: 14-16 cm
Weight: 12.5-15 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Pied Monarch at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "kaupi"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Pied Monarch; note the complete white collar
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Yungaburra, QLD, August 2023]

Frontal view of a male Pied Monarch looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Yungaburra, QLD, August 2023]

Near-lateral view of a male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-lateral view of a male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Yungaburra, QLD, August 2023]

Lateral view of a male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Yungaburra, QLD, August 2023]

Lateral view of a male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a male Pied Monarch; note the complete white collar (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Partly obscured lateral view of a male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

FEMALE

Full-frontal view of a female Pied Monarch; note the black down the sides of the neck
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-frontal view of a female Pied Monarch; note how the black helmet connects to the black chest band
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-frontal view of a female Pied Monarch; note how the black helmet connects to the black chest band (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a female Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of an immature male Pied Monarch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-dorsal view of an immature male Pied Monarch; note the juvenile flight feathers
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

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