List of Birds of The Solomon Islands - Monarch Flycatchers

Monarch Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 14 species which occur in the Solomon Islands.

  • Vanikoro Monarch Mayrornis schistaceus (E)
  • Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini (E)
  • Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis
  • Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens
  • Bougainville Monarch Monarcha erythrostictus (E)
  • Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris (E)
  • White-capped Monarch Monarcha richardsii (E)
  • Kulambangra Monarch Monarcha browni (E)
  • White-collared Monarch Monarcha viduus (E)
  • Black-and-white Monarch Monarcha barbatus (E)
  • Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea (E)
  • Ochre-headed Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicauda (E)
  • Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica
  • Vanikoro Flycatcher Myiagra vanikorensis

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