Hooded Monarch

As of 2024 the Hooded Monarch population is estimated to cover 950,000 km2 and are found between elevations up to 1,200m. Hooded Monarchs are recorded to stay inside of tropical and subtropical habitats, when foraging Hooded Monarchs are observed to hide within the middle level and underbrush of the forest . Hooded Monarchs have been recorded in the Lowlands and Hill Forest of New Guinea and Indonesia and have been observed to eat small invertebrates and larvae. They are irregularly distributed and may be absent from habitats identical to their own habitat due to their resident behaviors. Hooded Monarch sightings are most numerous in flat areas of their habitat.

Hooded Monarchs are observed to be solitary; most interactions that have been recorded between Hooded Monarchs were during their breeding season. With the exception that they have been recorded in mixed species flocks foraging for invertebrates and larvae In a mixed species flock setting Hooded Monarchs have been recorded associating with Timalidae and Pitohui uropygialis. Hooded Monarchs are classified as “residents” as they have not been recorded to migrate far from a specific location they make monotone whistles sounding like, “swee dee dee” or “dee-yuu, dewi dewi”. They can also make a single low-pitched note that has been compared to the sound of a Symposiachrus guttula.