{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Yap monarch | image = Monarcha godeffroyi 33803351.jpg | image_caption = Male | image2 = Monarcha godeffroyi - Thibaud Aronson - 40298068.jpeg | image2_caption = Female | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{Cite journal | author = BirdLife International | title = ''Metabolus godeffroyi'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T22707333A94117913 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22707333/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707333A94117913.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref> | genus = Monarcha | species = godeffroyi | authority = Hartlaub, 1868 | synonyms = * ''Metabolus godeffroyi'' }}
The '''Yap monarch''' ('''''Monarcha godeffroyi'''''), or '''Yap Island monarch''', is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Yap Main Islands, Micronesia. The natives of Yap Island call it "Gigiy" or "Achgigiy". It is the official state bird of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
== Description == left|thumb|220x220px|Juvenile The male has a black head, throat, wings and tail. It has a blue bill, dark iris and dark greyish tail. The female is almost entirely black except for the white collar around its neck. The juvenile is browner than adult with rufous-brown upperparts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0011unse |title=Handbook of the birds of the world |date=1992 |publisher=Barcelona : Lynx Edicions |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-84-87334-10-8}}</ref>
== Voice == The song is often described as a loud series of whistles "''we're here, we're here''" or "''wheereo, wheereo''". The calls include rasping notes "''chick-chick-chick-cher-dee''" and a squeaky "''weer''".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clement |first=Peter |date=2020 |title=Yap Monarch (Monarcha godeffroyi), version 1.0 |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/yapmon1/cur/introduction |journal=Birds of the World |language=en |doi=10.2173/bow.yapmon1.01 |issn=2771-3105|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Habitat == Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Yap monarch Category:Birds of Yap Yap monarch Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Category:Endemic birds of Yap <!-- Monarcha godeffroyi -->
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