Ochre-collared monarch

The ochre-collared monarch or rufous-collared monarch (Arses insularis) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Yapen and northern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Ochre-collared monarch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Arses
Species:	A. insularis
Binomial name
Arses insularis (Meyer, AB, 1874)
Synonyms
Arses telescophthalmus insularis Monarcha insularis

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was originally described in the genus Monarcha. Some authorities consider the ochre-collared monarch as a subspecies of the frilled monarch.^[2]