Hypothymis azurea  (Boddaert, 1783)

Black-naped Monarch
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Hypothymis
Species: azurea
  • Common names: Black-naped Monarch
  • Thai names: นกจับแมลงจุกดำ
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Hypothymis azurea azurea: Philippine Islands
    Hypothymis azurea oberholseri: Taiwan
    Hypothymis azurea forrestia: Mergui Archipelago (s Myanmar)
    Hypothymis azurea montana: N and central Thailand
    Hypothymis azurea galerita: Peninsular Thailand
    Hypothymis azurea prophata: southern Thailand, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo
    Hypothymis azurea idiochroa: Car Nicobar I.
    Hypothymis azurea nicobarica: Nicobar Islands
    Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea: Anambas Islands (South China Sea)
    Hypothymis azurea karimatensis: Karimata I. (off w Borneo)
    Hypothymis azurea gigantoptera: Natunas Islands (South China Sea)
    Hypothymis azurea aeria: Maratua Islands (off Borneo)
    Hypothymis azurea consobrina: Simeulue I. (off Sumatra)
    Hypothymis azurea leucophila: Mentawi Archipelago (off Sumatra)
    Hypothymis azurea richmondi: Enggano I. (Sumatra)
    Hypothymis azurea abbotti: Babi and Lasia islands (west of Sumatra)
    Hypothymis azurea symmixta: Lesser Sundas
    Hypothymis azurea javana: Java and Bali
    Hypothymis azurea penidae: Penida I. (Lesser Sundas)
    Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis: Sri Lanka
    Hypothymis azurea styani: India and Nepal to s China and Indochina; Hainan
    Hypothymis azurea tytleri: Andaman Islands and Cocos Islands (Bay of Bengal)
    Hypothymis azurea catarmanensis: S Philippines (Camiguin Sur)
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population stable. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Chiang Dao)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Hypothymis azurea from Thailand.
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Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert, 1783) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, February 2017
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 26 July 2020.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Hypothymis azurea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103715755A94105987. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103715755A94105987.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2020.​​
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.