Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra alecto - Monarque luisant

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Monarchidés
Genus
:
Myiagra
Species
:
alecto

Descriptor

Temminck, 1827

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Myiagra alecto alecto (n and c Moluccas)
Myiagra alecto longirostris (Tanimbar Is.)
Myiagra alecto rufolateralis (Aru Is.. sw of New Guinea.)
Myiagra alecto chalybeocephala (w Papuan islands, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch.)
Myiagra alecto lucida (e Papuan islands, D'Entrecasteaux Arch and Louisiade Arch.)
Myiagra alecto manumudari (Manum I.. off ne New Guinea.)
Myiagra alecto melvillensis (nw and nc Australia)
Myiagra alecto wardelli (s New Guinea, ne and e Australia)

Foreign names

Monarque luisant,
Monarca reluciente,
papa-moscas-reluzente,
Glanzmonarch,
fénylő császárlégykapó,
Zwarte Monarch,
Pigliamosche splendente,
glansmonark,
Glansmonark,
monarch lesklý,
muchálek zářivý,
Glansmonark,
mangrovemonarkki,
monarca esplèndid,
muszarka jednobarwna,
Блестящий монарх,
Sikatan kilap,
テリヒラハシ,
辉阔嘴鹟,
華麗闊嘴鶲,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest