Object: Black-faced Monarch, Monarcha melanopsis
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Registration Number  OR.025151
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Passeriformes
Family  Monarchidae
Scientific Name
Monarcha melanopsis
Common / Maori name  Black-faced Monarch
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island, Taranaki
Precise locality  Cross Road, Stratford, Taranaki
Collected By  Turner, Robin
Date collected  19 Apr 1996
Section  Birds

The first, and to date only, black-faced monarch found in New Zealand, caught by a pet cat at Stratford, Taranakion 19 April 1996.

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