Spectacled Monarch

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Fig Close, Malanda, FN Qld IMG_9337 20180320 - melanorrhoa adult. Orange breast merges to white belly. CLICK for
another pic.

Notes: Black mask extends to ear coverts & throat. Large white tips to outer tail feathers.
Orange breast merges to white belly but ssp albiventris has sharp boundary on breast.
Ssp melanorrhoa has deeper grey upperparts & blackish uppertail-coverts, & variable amount
of rufous extending across breast to belly & flanks. Ssp gouldii lighter grey upper parts than
melanorrhoa. Ssp gouldii a winter migrant N Qld & beyond, during Apr–Dec.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Broken River, Eungella, NE Qld IMG_8257 20190720 - melanorrhoa

Abattoir Swamp NP, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_6537 20240205 - melanorrhoa CLICK for another view.

Feathers&Friends, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_0087 20201026 - melanorrhoa adult. CLICK for a rear view.

Julatten, FN Qld IMG_3990 20170627 - melanorrhoa immature: darker ear-coverts, rufous lower face, pale loral patch still
evident.

Cooks Hut, Iron Range NP, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_3158 20160916 - albiventris orange breast sharply demarcated from white
belly. CLICK for another there. 20180217.

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_1984 20191213 - albiventris adult. Banded. CLICK for another pic. 20191216.

Lake Barrine, Crater Lakes NP, FNE Qld IMG_9528 20170914 - gouldii adult. Like melanorrhoa w. orange breast merging to
white belly, but paler upper parts. This one wintering in N from further S. CLICK for another view.

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, CYP, FN Qld IMG_1986 20191213 - albiventris adult relieving.

Crystal Cascades, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3178 20210526 - melanorrhoa adult and grub.

Mossman Gorge, FN Qld MVI_3160+3195 20171006 - melanorrhoa adults nesting.