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Spectacled Monarch

Symposiarchus trivirgatus

Photo by RachaelB
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Blue-grey above, with a black face mask that extends across both eyes in a 'clover-leaf' pattern, rufous (red-orange) breast, white underparts and a black tail with white outer tips. Immature birds lack the black face and have a grey throat.

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Spectacled Monarch | BIRDS in BACKYARDS

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2013

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