Black monarch

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Black monarch | image = Symposiachrus axillaris - Nigel Voaden - 3271496.jpeg | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Symposiachrus axillaris'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T22707231A118762427 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707231A118762427.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Symposiachrus | species = axillaris | authority = (Salvadori, 1876) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = See text | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Monarcha axillaris| |Symposiarchus axillaris| }} }}

The '''black monarch''' ('''''Symposiachrus axillaris''''') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />

==Taxonomy and systematics== This species was formerly placed in the genus ''Monarcha'' until moved to ''Symposiachrus'' in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/Archives/Master_IOC_list_v2.0.xls|title=IOC Bird List v2.0|date=2009|access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref> Alternate names include the '''black monarch flycatcher''', '''fantail monarch''' and '''fantailed monarch'''.

===Subspecies=== There are two subspecies recognized:<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 6.4|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''S. a. axillaris'' - <small>(Salvadori, 1876)</small>: Found in north-western New Guinea * ''S. a. fallax'' - <small>(Ramsay, EP, 1885)</small>: Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''Rhipidura''. Found in west-central to south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago)

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