Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
MONARCHIDAE
Genus
Symposiachrus
Species
trivirgatus
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Spectacled Monarch
Alternate name
Spectacled Monarch Flycatcher
Is historical
False
QLD
Special Least Concern
NSW
EPBC
Migratory
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Moderately common within rainforest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Common summer migrant found in rainforest and damper eucalypt forests. Typically found well below canopy
Known location
Austinville, Mudgeeraba, Pine Ridge CP, Tallebudgera Valley, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Nicoll Scrub NP,
Other locality
Moderately common within rainforest, riparian forest, and well vegetated gullies..
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Favours thick undergrowth.
Habitat
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations