What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Buff-bellied Monarch been recorded?

Neolalage banksiana occurrence evidence comes from 24 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1943 to 2017. Most records come from Vanuatu.

Buff-bellied Monarch
Buff-bellied Monarch — Photo (display-sized rendition): melianie_max_and_asker · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesMonarchidaeNeolalage

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

24 records across 1 countries and territories, 1943–2017.

Neolalage banksiana · GBIF taxon key 2486739

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Buff-bellied Monarch has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Buff-bellied Monarch. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Vanuatu 24

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.