Kolombangara Monarch (Symposiachrus browni)
About the Kolombangara Monarch
The Kolombangara monarch (Symposiachrus browni), or Brown's monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the Vella Lavella monarch. This species was originally placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009. Two subspecies are recognised: S. b. browni (Ramsay, EP, 1883) – Kolombangara, New Georgia, Vangunu and satellites (east, south New Georgia group, central west Solomon Islands) S. b. meeki (Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1905) – Rendova and Tetepare Islands (southwest New Georgia group, central west Solomon Islands) The Vella Lavella monarch was formerly considered as a subspecies.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 11 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Flores MonarchSymposiachrus sacerdotumrecording
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