Monarcha

The genus Monarcha contains the following nine species:[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Island monarch	Monarcha cinerascens	Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands.
	Black-faced monarch	Monarcha melanopsis	Australia and New Guinea
	Black-winged monarch	Monarcha frater	Australia and New Guinea
	Bougainville monarch	Monarcha erythrostictus	Solomon Islands.
	Chestnut-bellied monarch	Monarcha castaneiventris	Solomon Islands.
	White-capped monarch	Monarcha richardsii	Western Province in the Solomon Islands.
	Yap monarch	Monarcha godeffroyi	Yap Main Islands, Micronesia.
	Tinian monarch	Monarcha takatsukasae	Northern Mariana Islands.

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Monarcha:

• Black-naped monarch (as Monarcha azurea)[6]
• Rarotonga monarch (as Monarches dimidiatus)[7]
• Marquesan monarch (as Monarcha mendozae)[8]
• Black monarch (as Monarcha axillaris)[9]
• Black-bibbed monarch (as Monarcha mundus)[10]
• Flores monarch (as Monarcha sacerdotum)[11]
• Boano monarch (as Monarcha boanensis)[12]
• Spectacled monarch (as Monarcha trivirgatus)[13]
• Spectacled monarch (Seram) (as Monarcha nigrimentum)[14]
• Spectacled monarch (bernsteinii) (as Monarcha bernsteini)[15]
• Spectacled monarch (melanopterus) (as Monarcha melanoptera)[16]
• Spectacled monarch (albiventris) (as Monarcha albiventris)[17]
• Spectacled monarch (gouldii) (as Monarcha gouldii)[18]
• Kai monarch (as Monarcha leucurus)[19]
• Tanahjampea monarch (as Monarcha everetti)[20]
• Kofiau monarch (as Monarcha julianae)[21]
• Biak monarch (as Monarcha brehmii)[22]
• Manus monarch (as Monarcha infelix)[23]
• Mussau monarch (as Monarcha menckei)[24]
• Black-tailed monarch (as Monarcha verticalis)[25]
• Djaul monarch (as Monarcha ateralba)[26]
• Solomons monarch (as Monarcha barbata)[27]
• Malaita monarch (as Monarcha malaitae)[28]
• Kolombangara monarch (as Monarcha browni or Monarcha kulambangrae)[29]
• Kolombangara monarch (nigrotectus) (as Monarcha nigrotectus)[30]
• White-collared monarch (as Monarcha vidua or Monarcha viduus)[31]
• White-eared monarch (as Monarcha leucotis)[32]
• White-naped monarch (as Monarcha pileatus)[33]
• White-naped monarch (buruensis) (as Monarcha buruensis)[34]
• Tanimbar monarch (as Monarcha castus)[35]
• Golden monarch (as Monarcha chrysomela)[36]
• Golden monarch (aruensis) (as Monarcha aruensis)[37]
• Golden monarch (melanonotus) (as Monarcha melanonotus)[38]
• Golden monarch (kordensis) (as Monarcha kordensis)[39]
• Ochre-collared monarch (as Monarcha insularis)[40]
• Shining flycatcher (as Monarcha alecto)[41]
• Velvet flycatcher (as Monarcha hebetior)[42]