Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae (Monarchs)  
Genus: Symposiachrus (23 species)


Black Monarch
Black Monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris fallax)
Range: AU: montane New Guinea
Ambua, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Solomons Monarch (Symposiachrus barbatus)
Range: AU: Buka to Guadalcanal (n to sc Solomon Is. except New Georgia group)
 



Moluccan Monarch
Moluccan Monarch (Symposiachrus bimaculatus bimaculatus) Male
Range: AU: Moluccas
Sidangoli, Halmahera, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Boano Monarch (Symposiachrus boanensis) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Boano (nw of Seram, ec Moluccas)
 



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Biak Monarch (Symposiachrus brehmii) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
 



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Kolombangara Monarch (Symposiachrus browni) Near Threatened
Range: AU: e, s New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.)
 



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Tanahjampea Monarch (Symposiachrus everetti) Endangered
Range: AU: Tanahjampea (s of s Sulawesi)
 



Spot-winged Monarch
Spot-winged Monarch (Symposiachrus guttula)
Range: AU: New Guinea
Malagufuk, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


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Manus Monarch (Symposiachrus infelix) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Admiralty Is. (nw Bismarck Arch.)
 



Kofiau Monarch
Kofiau Monarch (Symposiachrus julianae) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Kofiau (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea)
Kofiau Island, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


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Kai Monarch (Symposiachrus leucurus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Kai Is. (se Moluccas)
 



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Buru Monarch (Symposiachrus loricatus)
Range: AU: Buru (wc Moluccas)
 



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Malaita Monarch (Symposiachrus malaitae) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Malaita (se Solomon Is.)
 



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Hooded Monarch (Symposiachrus manadensis)
Range: AU: New Guinea
 



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Louisiade Monarch (Symposiachrus melanopterus)
Range: AU: e D'Entrecasteaux to Louisiade Arch. (e of se New Guinea)
 



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Mussau Monarch (Symposiachrus menckei) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Mussau (St. Matthias Is., nc Bismarck Arch.)
 



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Banda Sea Monarch (Symposiachrus mundus)
Range: AU: Damar and Babar (far e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)
 



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Vella Lavella Monarch (Symposiachrus nigrotectus)
Range: AU: nw, n New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.)
 



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Rufous Monarch (Symposiachrus rubiensis)
Range: AU: nw, n New Guinea
 



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Flores Monarch (Symposiachrus sacerdotum) Endangered
Range: AU: montane w Flores (c Lesser Sundas)
 



Spectacled Monarch
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
Range: AU: Lesser Sundas to e Australia
Thornton Beach, Daintree, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Bismarck Monarch (Symposiachrus verticalis)
Range: AU: e Bismarck Arch.
 



White-collared Monarch
White-collared Monarch (Symposiachrus vidua) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Makira group (=San Cristóbal, se Solomon Is.)
Solomon Islands  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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