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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Black-faced Monarch	Bates's Paradise-flycatcher
Scientific Name	Monarcha melanopsis	Terpsiphone batesi
Order	Passeriformes	Passeriformes
Family	Monarchidae	Monarchidae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Least Concern
Length	—	—
Wingspan	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)
Weight	23.866666666666664 g (0.84 oz)	15.0 g (0.53 oz)
Diet	--	--
Clutch Size	2-3	1-3
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

🌲 Forest

Black-faced Monarch only

🏖️ Coastal 🌿 Wetland

Bates's Paradise-flycatcher only

None

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Black-faced Monarch

Least Concern

Bates's Paradise-flycatcher

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About These Birds

Black-faced Monarch

The Black-faced Monarch is an elegant flycatcher with gray upperparts, a black face and throat, and warm rufous-orange underparts. It breeds in rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests of eastern Australia, migrating north to New Guinea and nearby islands during the austral winter. It forages actively through the forest midstory, catching insects and spiders by sallying from perches or gleaning foliage.

Bates's Paradise-flycatcher

Bates's Paradise-flycatcher is a small paradise-flycatcher of the family Monarchidae found in the forest understory of West and Central Africa. Weighing about 15g with a wingspan of 14.9cm, it has rufous and white plumage. It forages in the forest interior, making aerial sallies and gleaning insects from foliage.

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