Pied Monarch

Wondecla Cabin, FNE Qld IMG_1336 20251108 - kaupi female

Notes: Like Frill-necked Monarch but broad black breastband. Broad white erectile neck collar
& feathers at neck side, sometimes small black area on chin. Narrow blue eyering.
Female: black breastband joins helmet. Two very similar ssps, w. much intergrading.
In tropical rainforests, adjacent wet eucalypt forests, at all altitudes.

Range from Morcombe^©

Curtain Fig Tree, Yungaburra, FN Qld IMG_0695 20201031 - kaupi female on nest

Jourama Falls, Paluma Range NP, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_1949 20151028 - kaupi male

Curtain Fig Tree, Yungaburra, FN Qld IMG_1338 20180321 - kaupi female

Jourama Falls, Paluma Range NP, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_4947 20151114 - kaupi immature female

Curtain Fig Tree, Yungaburra, FN Qld IMG_9416 20180321 - kaupi male. CLICK for another pic.

location MVI_6666 20160909