Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
About the Black-naped Monarch
The black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) is a passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic, with the male having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace"), while the female is duller with olive brown wings and lacking the black markings on the head. They have a call that is similar to that of the Asian paradise flycatcher, and in tropical forest habitats, pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ slightly in plumage colour and sizes.
A real field recording of the Black-naped Monarch. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 317 recordings for this species in total.
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.