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Spectacled Monarch

Symposiachrus trivirgatus

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 13 g
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 1
Photo: James H · CC BY 4.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 2
Photo: Stuart · CC0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 3
Photo: Stuart · CC0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 4
Photo: Martin Rady · CC BY 4.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 5
Photo: Martin Rady · CC BY 4.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 6
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 7
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 8
Photo: PurpleHz (derivative work) (original author : Tom Tarrant) · CC BY 3.0
Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus), photo 9
Photo: Greg Schechter from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0

When to see the Spectacled Monarch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spectacled Monarch

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia Timor-Leste Papua New Guinea

About the Spectacled Monarch

The spectacled monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Spot-winged Monarch (Symposiachrus guttula) Spot-winged MonarchSymposiachrus guttulaThe spot-winged monarch, or spot-wing monarch flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Black Monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) Black MonarchSymposiachrus axillarisThe black monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Moluccan Monarch (Symposiachrus bimaculatus) Moluccan MonarchSymposiachrus bimaculatusThe Moluccan monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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