Island monarch
The island monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found from Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The island monarch was originally described in the genus Drymophila. Alternate names include the grey-headed monarch, island grey-headed monarch, island grey-headed monarch flycatcher and islet monarch.Subspecies
Ten subspecies are recognized:M. c. commutatus - Brüggemann, 1876: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Sangir, Siau, Mayu and Tifore Islands M. c. cinerascens - : Found on Sulawesi, Talaud Archipelago, Moluccas and Lesser SundasM. c. inornatus - : Originally described as a separate species in the genus Muscicapa. Found on western Papuan islands, north-western New Guinea and Aru IslandsM. c. steini - Stresemann & Paludan, 1932: Found on Numfor M. c. geelvinkianus - Meyer, AB, 1884: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Yapen and Biak M. c. fuscescens - Meyer, AB, 1884: Originally described as a separate species. Found on islands off north-western New GuineaM. c. fulviventris - Hartlaub, 1868: Originally described as a separate species. Found in western Bismarck ArchipelagoM. c. perpallidus - Neumann, 1924: Found in northern and central Bismarck Archipelago M. c. impediens - Hartert, 1926: Found north-eastern New Guinea & nearby islands, and islets off eastern Bismarck Archipelago to the Solomon IslandsM. c. rosselianus - Rothschild & Hartert, 1916: Found on Trobriand Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Louisiade ArchipelagoThe former subspecies nigrirostris from northeastern New Guinea was lumped with impidiens in 2022.