Golden Monarch

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Golden Monarch

Carterornis chrysomela

金王鹟 / 黑黄王鹟

    Size : 12.5–14 cm; 13–15.5 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Carterornis chrysomela melanonotus (P. L. Sclater, 1877)
  – West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool) and NW New Guinea (Vogelkop, Bomberai).
• Carterornis chrysomela kordensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874)
  – Biak I (in Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
• Carterornis chrysomela aruensis (Salvadori, 1874)
  – S New Guinea (S lowlands and Trans-Fly E to Purari R); Aru Is, off SW New Guinea.
• Carterornis chrysomela aurantiacus (A. B. Meyer, 1891)
  – N New Guinea (NW lowlands and Sepik–Ramu Basin).
• Carterornis chrysomela nitidus (De Vis, 1897)
  – S & E New Guinea, including Huon Peninsula and D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago.
• Carterornis chrysomela chrysomela (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
  – New Hanover and New Ireland, in Bismarck Archipelago.
• Carterornis chrysomela pulcherrimus (Salomonsen, 1964)
  – Djaul I, off NW New Ireland.
• Carterornis chrysomela tabarensis (Mayr, 1955)
  – Tabar Is, off E New Ireland.
• Carterornis chrysomela whitneyorum (Mayr, 1955)
  – Lihir Is, off E New Ireland.

Carterornis chrysomela ssp. melanonotus

Date : 09 September 2018

Location : Taman Wisata Alam Sorong, Distrik Sorong Timur, Kota Sorong, Vogelkop (Bird's Head) Peninsula, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia