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title: "Weißkehlmonarch"
description: "Myiagra inquieta — Vögel. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) or restless myiagra is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae; it is also known as the razor grinder or scissors grinder because of its distinctive call."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/restless-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Weißkehlmonarch

> Myiagra inquieta — Vögel. The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) or restless myiagra is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae; it is also known as the razor grinder or scissors grinder because of its distinctive call.

- Scientific name: *Myiagra inquieta*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1928
- Wikidata: [Q650334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650334)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204547](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204547)

## Names

- en: Restless Flycatcher
- de: Weißkehlmonarch
- es: Monarca inquieto
- fr: Monarque infatigable
- nl: Witkeelmonarch
- pl: Muszarka białogardła

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1827)

## Summary

The restless flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) or restless myiagra is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae; it is also known as the razor grinder or scissors grinder because of its distinctive call. It is a native of eastern and southern Australia. Populations in New Guinea and northern Australia, which were at one time considered to be a subspecies, are now accepted as a separate species, the paperbark flycatcher (Myiagra nana). It is a small to medium-sized bird and has similar colouring to the willie wagtail.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_flycatcher

## Photo

![Weißkehlmonarch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/restless-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127322604

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/restless-flycatcher?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).