Prakruti Parichay
MonarchidaeHypothymis

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

16–16 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident unrecorded in Pakistan. Male almost entirely azure-blue, with black nape patch, black gorge! across upper breast (except in Sri Lanka), beady black eye and bleek feathering a tbill-base. Female duller blue head, lacks black nape patch or gorge!, and has blue-grey breast and grey - brown mantle, wings and tail. Male a. tyt/eri of Andamans has blue or mainly blue (not white) belly. Male a. ceyfonensis of Sri Lanka lacks gorge!, has a smaller nape patch, and is generally more purplish-blue than in peninsula (H. a. styi,m); female brighter blue on head, neck and breast and has blue wash to browner mantle. Captures insects by making sorties from a perch. Broadleaved forest.

Colour

BlackBlueGreyBrown
Average size
16 cm
Habitat
Broadleaved forest.
Behaviour
Widespread resident unrecorded in Pakistan., a. tyt/eri of Andamans has blue or mainly blue (not white) belly. Male a. ceyfonensis of Sri Lanka lacks gorge!, has a smaller nape patch, and is generally more purplish-blue than in peninsula (H. a. styi, m), female brighter blue on head, neck and breast and has blue wash to browner mantle. Captures insects by making sorties from a perch.

About this bird

Widespread resident unrecorded in Pakistan. Male almost entirely azure-blue, with black nape patch, black gorge! across upper breast (except in Sri Lanka), beady black eye and bleek feathering a tbill-base. Female duller blue head, lacks black nape patch or gorge!, and has blue-grey breast and grey - brown mantle, wings and tail. Male a. tyt/eri of Andamans has blue or mainly blue (not white) belly. Male a. ceyfonensis of Sri Lanka lacks gorge!, has a smaller nape patch, and is generally more purplish-blue than in peninsula (H. a. styi,m); female brighter blue on head, neck and breast and has blue wash to browner mantle. Captures insects by making sorties from a perch. Broadleaved forest.

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Black-naped Monarch is bigger than Dark-breasted Roseflnch but smaller than Alpine Accentor.

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Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

16–16 cm