Black-naped Monarch

The black-naped monarch is a small monarch flycatcher about 16cm long. The male is mainly pale azure blue with a whitish lower belly, a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half-collar across the throat. The female is duller, with grey-brown wings and back and no black on the head. Populations differ in the extent and shade of these markings; males of the Sri Lankan race lack the black nape. Its call is a sharp, abrupt skrip (Wikipedia, general species account).

In tropical forest pairs often join mixed-species feeding flocks (Wikipedia, general species account).