Island Monarch

Subspecies (10)

• Monarcha cinerascens cinerascens

  Moluccas and Lesser Sundas

• Monarcha cinerascens commutatus

  Sangihe, Siau, Mayu, Sulawesi, Talaud Archipelago (northeast of Sulawesi), and Tifore (between northeastern Sulawesi and Halmahera)

• Monarcha cinerascens fulviventris

  Ninigo, Hermit, Anchorite, and Admiralty islands

• Monarcha cinerascens fuscescens

  islands in Cenderawasih Bay (northern New Guinea)

• Monarcha cinerascens geelvinkianus

  Biak and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Monarcha cinerascens impediens

  islets north of northeastern New Guinea from Tarawai eastward to Karkar and Bagabag, northern scarp of Huon Peninsula, islets off New Britain to central Solomon Islands and Ontong Java, Ndai, and Sikaiana (atolls far east of main Solomon Islands)

• Monarcha cinerascens inornatus

  northwestern New Guinea, including Waigeo, Salawati, and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Monarcha cinerascens perpallidus

  Mussau and Tench, in St. Matthias Group (north-central Bismarck Archipelago), New Hanover, Dyaul, Tabar, Lihir, and Tanga islands (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Monarcha cinerascens rosselianus

  D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipelagos (off southeastern New Guinea), and Bismarck Archipelago

• Monarcha cinerascens steini

  Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)