Spectacled monarch

Spectacled monarch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Symposiachrus
Species:	S. trivirgatus
Binomial name
Symposiachrus trivirgatus (Temminck, 1826)
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Monarcha trivirgatus

Juvenile Dayboro, SE Queensland

The spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. 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.

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.

Subspecies

Some authorities consider the Moluccan monarch (Symposiachrus bimaculatus) as a subspecies (S. t. bimaculatus) of the spectacled monarch. There are seven subspecies recognized:

• S. t. trivirgatus - (Temminck, 1826): found in central and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands
• S. t. nigrimentum - (Gray, GR, 1861): found in southern Lesser Sunda Islands
• S. t. bernsteinii - (Salvadori, 1878): found on Salawati (off western New Guinea)
• S. t. melanopterus - (Gray, GR, 1858): found in Louisiade Archipelago
• S. t. albiventris - (Gould, 1866): found in southern New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula (north-eastern Australia)
• S. t. melanorrhous - (Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999): found in north-eastern Queensland (north-eastern Australia)
• S. t. gouldii - (Gray, GR, 1861): found in eastern Australia

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Monarcha trivirgatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.