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Monarchidae
- Hypothymis azurea
Under this grouping there are 98
species worldwide and most of them outside Asia. Those related and
found in South East Asia are these 3 species and of which 2 of them
can be spotted in Malaysia
| Black-naped
Monarch |
Hypothymis azurea |
| Asian
Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone paradisi |
| Japanese
Paradise-flycatcher |
Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
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The
origin of the Black-naped Monarch was
traced to the Indian sub-continent,
south China, the Sunda Islands. This is
a bird 17 cm in size is found in the
lowland forest and like those in other
countries, the bird could also be seen
in sub-montane area. The bird prefers
the middle storey of trees and could
descend to the lower storey or even nest
in open scrubs as some pictures here
show. It hunts alone and with the
company of bird waves but hardly as a
pack of its own kind, |
