Black-faced monarch

Black-faced monarch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Monarcha
Species:
M. melanopsis
Binomial name
Monarcha melanopsis
(Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms[2]
  • Muscicapa melanopsis
  • Muscipeta carinata, Swainson, 1823
  • Monarcha melanopsis pallidus, Mathews, 1916

The black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea (where most birds migrate to during the austral winter; May to August).[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Monarcha melanopsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707243A94112953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707243A94112953.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (12 February 2010). "Species Monarcha (Monarcha) melanopsis (Vieillot, 1818)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Black-faced Monarch – eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.