Black-faced monarch

Black-faced monarch
Scientific 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
  • 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).