Bougainville Monarch (Monarcha erythrostictus)
About the Bougainville Monarch
The chestnut-bellied monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris) or chestnut-bellied monarch-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Five subspecies are recognised: Monarcha castaneiventris erythrostictus (Sharpe, 1888) – Buka Island, Bougainville Island, Shortland Islands and Fauro Island (north Solomon Islands) Monarcha castaneiventris castaneiventris Verreaux, J, 1858 – Choiseul Island, Santa Isabel, Florida Islands, Guadalcanal, Savo Island (north of northwest Guadalcanal) and Malaita (central, southeast Solomon Islands) Monarcha castaneiventris obscurior Mayr, 1935 – Russell Islands (central south Solomon Islands) Monarcha castaneiventris megarhynchus Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1908 – Makira (southeast Solomon Islands)
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Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.