Black-Faced Monarch
I have been absent on my Web page and Blog site for a good while, having come down with COVID for months and still affecting me and doing some much needed yard work, which couldn't be put off any more. Now I am so excited to be picking up my camera again and sharing some more on here. Lindy my travel companion and awesome friend is looking forward to getting back out and about again too
The Black-Faced Monarch or also known as the Black-Faced Flycatcher is 16-19cm in size.
Similar species are the Lack Winged, and the Spectacled Monarchs. Their voice or call is fussy, wheezy, chatterings, deep scolds: Their main call, rich, 'Why-you, which-you,; harsher, 'which-a-where'; clear, mellow, drawn out 'Wheech you'; repeated, 'down-slurred', 'r,r,rerr', or 'shsh-shsh-shirr.
Their Habitats are rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrubs, damp gullies in rainforests, eucalypt forests, and when migrating more open woodland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-faced_monarch
To be honest I never thought I would ever see this bird in a million years. They do appear to like their privacy, if I may say that and I was shooting my camera into the sun as it was early afternoon. But hopefully it will give you an idea of the lovely colors of this amazing little bird.
They Breed October to January and they lay 2-3, white, minutely dotted, spotted reddish/red-brown blotches. They can be found down the east coast of Australia