Black-naped Monarch

The Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and lacks the black markings. 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.

The Black-naped Monarch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae - Black-naped Monarch (hypothymis Azurea): Species Accounts = Physical characteristics: Also called Pacific monarchs, black-naped monarchs are only 6 inches (16 centimeters) long. Their legs and feet are so weak they sit in a squatting pose when they perch. Both the male and the female have bright blue coloring on their heads, necks, backs, and chests, with grayish white bellies. More

Black-naped Monarch-Flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea), Bondla WLS = 17 Mar Black-naped Monarch-Flycatchers are usually found in the wooded areas mostly with the mixed-hunting flocks. As the scientific name (Hypothymis azurea) suggests, it is of azure colour and is really beautiful. On sunday at the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa, I got to see this bird very clearly. It kept hopping around in the bamboo bushes along with other birds. More

Black-naped Monarchs (Hypothymis azurea) nesting in Sukau and Gua Gomantong, Sabah. “In all cases the monarch has the same or similar nesting defense strategy against predators. The nest is constructed resting on the upward pointing fork of a fairly thin hanging branch of the plant (left). The site of the nest is fairly distant from the next branch, thus not allowing a predator to launch itself horizontally onto the nesting bird. More

Black-naped Monarch in display - Posted by BESG on 13 November 08, Thursday Contributed by Adrian Lim In October 2008, Adrian Lim a.k.a. wmw998 documented a female Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) in a ‘dance’ display. “These dancing shots of the female Black-naped Monarch were taken last Sunday. A pair of them happened to be nearby, while we were waiting for the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Cyex erithacus) to appear. More

A male Black-Naped Monarch flycatcher from the Western Ghats of India, Nilgiris district, Tamilnadu state. Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae Genus: Hypothymis Species: H. More

Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea = Described by: Boddaert (1783) Alternate common name(s): Black-naped Blue-monarch, Moluccan Monarch Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Sulawesi, Indonesia - Oct, 2005 More

The Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea), also known as the Black-naped Blue Monarch, is a small passerine bird. The Black-naped Monarch breeds across tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the malaysia. This species is usually found in thick forests and other well-wooded habitats. Three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree. The adult male Black-naped Monarch is about 16 cm long, and is mainly pale blue apart from a whitish lower belly. More

The Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and lacks the black markings. 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. More

Black-naped MonarchThe Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea), also known as the Black-naped Blue Monarch, is a small passerine bird. It was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its members in Australasia and tropical southern Asia. More

The Black-naped Monarch is a small (16 cm) greyish-blue flycatcher. The male’s head, chest, back and tail are blue, darker on the wings; the belly is white. There is a thin black band across the throat, and a small black crest on the crown. The female is brownish-grey on the back, wings, tail and breast, and lacks the crest but has a blue-grey head. More

Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) Range: OR more info Photo by Bob Du Taipei Botanical Garden Taiwan Sizes: Full size: 1395x930 next (Black-naped Monarch) last first previous (Asian Paradise Flycatcher) Black-naped Monarch Copyright and usage info: © All Rights Reserved. More

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The Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. More

Black-naped Monarch Enlarge this wallpaper Back to the Group >> Black-naped Monarch description Jan 22, 2010 3,977 Views 18 like it Black-naped Monarch are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and lacks the black markings. More

The Black-naped monarch is about 14cm long, and though the coloring of the males is slightly different from the females, they both have brilliant blue plumage. Males have a blue head, neck, back, and upper chest, the area below their belly is grayish-white, and the inner part of their upper beak is black. Part of its Chinese name, "hei1 zhen3," literally means "black pillow," and comes from the round black spot attached to the back of their head that looks like a black pillow. More

The adult male Black-naped Monarch is about 16 cm long, and is mainly pale blue apart from a whitish lower belly. It has a black nape and a neat black gorget. The female is duller and lacks the black markings. Her wings and back are grey-brown. Males of the Sri Lankan race H. a. ceylonensis lack the black nape and gorget. The Black-naped Monarch has short legs and sits very upright whilst perched prominently, like a shrike. It is insectivorous, often hunting by flycatching. More

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