Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)

Other Names (World)
Black-naped Monarch, Pacific Monarch (puella group), Small Monarch (puella group)

Family
Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Size
15 - 17.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Primary and secondary lowland diptocarp, keranga and peatswamp to lower montane forest, plantations, to about 1200m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Pakistan.

Indian sub-continent, southern China, Taiwan, south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Borneo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in pairs. Active insectivore, foraging in lower and mid-storey. Noisy but often difficult to observe.

Voice
Call is a wheezy 'shweet shweet...'. Song is a ringing 'weet-weet-weet...'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (121)...)

Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) [XC507433]
by Jani Sleutel from Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary , North Goa, Goa, India (call)

Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) [XC658268]
by Bram Piot from Bang Kachao, Samut Prakan, Thailand (call)

Nest
Cup-shaped, comppsed of moss, twigs and rootlets, about 1.5 - 2 m above the ground in understorey vegetation.

Eggs (Guide)
2; creamy-white to pinkish-white with brown and grey splotches, spots or specks.

Subspecies
South-eastern subspecies puella, aeria, blasii and catarmanensis form well-marked "puella group", sometimes treated as a distinct species.

The following 25 subspecies are recognised:

styani (Hartlaub, 1899) - Much of India (except northern and north-west) and Nepal east to south-eastern China and Vietnam.
oberholseri Stresemann, 1913 - Taiwan.
ceylonensis Sharpe, 1879 - Sri Lanka.
tytleri (Beavan, 1867) - Andaman Islands and Cocos Islands (Bay of Bengal).
idiochroa Oberholser, 1911 - Car Nicobar I.
nicobarica Bianchi, 1907 - Southern Nicobar Is.
montana Riley, 1929 - Northern and central Thailand.
galerita (Deignan, 1956) - South-western and south-eastern Thailand.
forrestia Oberholser, 1911 - Mergui Archipelago, off western Myanmar.
prophata Oberholser, 1911 - Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
consobrina Richmond, 1902 - Simeulue I, off north-western Sumatra.
abbotti Richmond, 1902 - Reusam and Babi (Seast of Simeulue).
leucophila Oberholser, 1911 - Siberut I (off western Sumatra).
richmondi Oberholser, 1911 - Enggano I (off south-western Sumatra).
opisthocyanea Oberholser, 1911 - Anamba Is (southern China Sea).
gigantoptera Oberholser, 1911 - Bunguran, in Natuna Is (southern China Sea).
karimatensis Chasen & Kloss, 1932 - Karimata I (off western Borneo).
javana Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - Java and Bali.
penidae Meise, 1942 - Penida I (near Bali).
symmixta Stresemann, 1913 - Western and central Lesser Sundas.
azurea (Boddaert, 1783) - Philippines (except Camiguin Sur).
catarmanensis Rand & Rabor, 1969 - Camiguin Sur (off Mindanao), in southern Philippines.
aeria Bangs & Peters, JL, 1927 - Maratua I (off eastern Borneo).
puella (Wallace, 1863) - Sulawesi and nearby islands. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Pale-blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella).
blasii E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Banggai Is and Sula Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Pale-blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella).

References
See References.

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