Black-faced Monarch
Monarcha melanopsis(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Black-faced Monarch
The Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds eastern Australia (Wet Tropics region to central Victoria); some winter southern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Monarcha melanopsis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-faced Monarch
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa melanopsis
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- New South Wales = Sydney, fide Mathews, 1930, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 521.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21 p.450
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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