Arses telescopthalmus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. As currently defined, its range is restricted to forest on New Guinea and nearby smaller islands, but historically it has included some or all of the remaining members of the genus Arses as subspecies.
This species was originally described in the genus Muscicapa. Some authorities consider the ochre-collared monarch and the frill-necked monarch as subspecies of the frilled monarch. Alternate names include the Australian frilled monarch and frilled flycatcher.
Found on Batanta and Waigeo (western Papuan islands) Found on the Aru Islands (south-west of New Guinea) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Monarch sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 303 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Frilled Monarch in Raja Ampat on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Frilled Monarch sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Frilled Monarch sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Monarchidae
The closest relatives of the Frilled Monarch that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Monarchidae, Monarch Flycatchers) are Shining Flycatcher (about 40%), Golden Monarch (about 20%) and Spot-winged Monarch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Frilled Monarch is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (303 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
