Black-winged Monarchs (Monarcha frater) are songbirds that live in the rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia. They feed on insects and belong to the same bird family, Monarchidae, as flycatchers and magpie-larks.
One of the four subspecies of Black-winged Monarch, Monarcha frater canescens , migrates to Australia to breed from November to March in the tropical forests of Far North Queensland.arrive, M. f. canescens vanishes. Do these birds spend winter in New Guinea where the other subspecies live? The whereabouts of M. f. canescens during the non-breeding season is a mystery that scientists have pondered for more than 100 years.Dr.
The paper,"The Black-winged Monarch : Geographic variation, taxonomy, a 'new' population, and an enduring mystery in migration," by authors from CSIRO, American Museum of Natural History and Sicklebill Safaris, was published inHe said specimens held in collections reveal much more than the plumage and features of the species.
As well as studying these 194 specimens, Leo and his collaborators used journal papers, photos published online and in books and recordings of bird song., they were unable to solve the mystery of where M. f. canescens migrate to when they leave their breeding range in Far North Queensland each March.But their research did reveal a surprise among the four subspecies.
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