Spectacled monarch

Spectacled monarch
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	Drymophila trivirgata ; Monarcha trivirgata ; Monarcha trivirgatus ; Symposiarchus trivirgatus ;

The spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) is a species of

Monarchidae

. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural

montane forests.^[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was originally placed in the genus Drymophila and subsequently in Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.^[2]

Subspecies

The Boano monarch was formerly considered as a subspecies and also, some authorities continue to consider the Moluccan monarch as a subspecies of the spectacled monarch. There are currently six subspecies recognized:^[3]

S. t. trivirgatus - (Temminck, 1826): Found in central and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands
S. t. bernsteinii - (Salvadori, 1878): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Monarcha. Found on Salawati (off western New Guinea)
S. t. albiventris - (Gould, 1866): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Monarcha. 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): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Monarcha. Found in eastern Australia