Shining Flycatcher bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsShining Myiagra-Flycatcher, Shining Myiagra, Common Shining Flycatcher, Shining Monarch, Shining Monarch Flycatcher
Old latin name for birdPiezorhynchus alecto, Monarcha alecto, Drymophila alecto
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyMonarchs / Monarchidae
GenusMyiagra
Breeding regionAustralasia
Breeding subregionn, s Moluccas to Bismarck Arch. and n, e Australia

Shining Flycatcher bird sounds *

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    Song, © Marc Anderson
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    Call, song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
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    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
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    Call, © Jeremy Hegge
    Australia
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    Song, © Marc Anderson
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    Call, © Marc Anderson
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    Call, © Marc Anderson
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    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
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    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Shining Flycatcher

Shining Flycatcher subspecies (8)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Myiagra alecto alectoMorotai to Obi (n Moluccas)-No
Myiagra alecto chalybeocephalaRaja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Geelvink Bay is. (nw New Guinea), mainland New Guinea and n coast satellites, Bismarck Arch. from Manus (e Admiralty Is.) through New Ireland and New Britain and satellites-No
Myiagra alecto longirostrisTanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)-No
Myiagra alecto lucidaD'Entrecasteaux, Trobriand, Woodlark and Louisiade Arch. (e of se New Guinea)-No
Myiagra alecto manumudariManum (=Manam, n of ne New Guinea)-No
Myiagra alecto melvillensisne WA to nw QLD (nw, nc Australia)-No
Myiagra alecto rufolateralisAru Is. (sw of New Guinea)-No
Myiagra alecto wardelliTrans-Fly (sc New Guinea), Daru (se of Trans-Fly) and e Cape York Pen., ne QLD to se QLD (ne, e Australia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanmonarca esplèndid
Chinese辉阔嘴鹟
Chinese (Traditional)華麗闊嘴鶲
Croatianblistavokapi monarh
Czechmuchálek zářivý, Muchálek zárivý
DanishGlansmonark
DutchZwarte Monarch
Finnishmangrovemonarkki
FrenchGobemouche brillant, Monarque luisant
GermanGlanz-Monarch, Glanzmonarch, Glanzmyiagra
Hungarianfénylő császárlégykapó
IndonesianSikatan kilap
ItalianMiagra splendente, Pigliamosche splendente
Japaneseテリヒラハシ
Lithuanianpaprastoji miagra
Norwegianglansmonark, Glansmonark
Norwegian NynorskGlansmonark
Polishmuszarka jednobarwna
Portuguesepapa-moscas-reluzente, monarca-reluzente
RussianБлестящая миагра, Блестящий монарх
Slovakmonarch lesklý
SpanishMiagra Brillante, Monarca reluciente
Swedishglansmonark
TurkishKuzguni Monark
Ukrainianміагра блискучопера