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Black-naped or Pacific Monarch

Hypothymis [azurea or puella] (= Hypothymis azurea) (Boddaert, P 1783)

The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic, with the male having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace"), while the female is duller with olive brown wings and lacking the black markings on the head. They have a call that is similar to that of the Asian paradise flycatcher, and in tropical forest habitats, pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ slightly in plumage colour and sizes. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Monarchidae
Genus:
   Hypothymis
Scientific:
  Hypothymis azurea

Original description

Citation:
  (Boddaert, P 1783)

Reference:
   Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
  Muscicapa azurea

Type locality:
  Philippines; restricted to Manila, Luzon, by J. L. Peters, 1939, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 86, p. 112.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/63/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FEA4EFB4D324B4E7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FEA4EFB4

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FEA4EFB4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560552

Geographic range:

  • Hypothymis azurea: lowland to foothill broadleaf forest, secondary growth, bamboo, and plantations, from Haryana and Gujarat (western India) eastward to southeastern China including Hainan, Taiwan, and southward to Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Greater Sundas, and Lesser Sundas (eastward to Alor)
  • Hypothymis azurea azurea: Philippines
  • Hypothymis azurea oberholseri: Taiwan
  • Hypothymis azurea forrestia: Mergui Archipelago (southern Myanmar)
  • Hypothymis azurea montana: northern and central Thailand
  • Hypothymis azurea galerita: peninsular Thailand
  • Hypothymis azurea prophata: southern Thailand, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo
  • Hypothymis azurea idiochroa: Car Nicobar Island
  • Hypothymis azurea nicobarica: Nicobar Islands
  • Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea: Anambas Islands (South China Sea)
  • Hypothymis azurea karimatensis: Karimata Island (off western Borneo)
  • Hypothymis azurea gigantoptera: Natunas Islands (South China Sea)
  • Hypothymis azurea aeria: Maratua Islands (off Borneo)
  • Hypothymis azurea consobrina: Simeulue (off Sumatra)
  • Hypothymis azurea leucophila: Mentawai Archipelago (off Sumatra)
  • Hypothymis azurea richmondi: Enggano (Sumatra)
  • Hypothymis azurea abbotti: Babi and Lasia islands (west of Sumatra)
  • Hypothymis azurea symmixta: Lesser Sundas
  • Hypothymis azurea javana: Java and Bali
  • Hypothymis azurea penidae: Penida Island (Lesser Sundas)
  • Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis: Sri Lanka
  • Hypothymis azurea styani: India and Nepal to southern China and Indochina; Hainan
  • Hypothymis azurea tytleri: Andaman and Coco Islands (Bay of Bengal)
  • Hypothymis azurea catarmanensis: southern Philippines (Camiguin Sur)
  • Hypothymis puella: Sulawesi region
  • Hypothymis puella puella: Sulawesi and adjacent islands
  • Hypothymis puella blasii: Banggai and Sula islands
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch
French:
Tchitrec azuré ou T. des Célèbes

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-naped or Pacific Monarch ( Hypothymis [azurea or puella])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tchitrec azuré ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tchitrec azuré ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-naped Blue Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-naped Blue Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Hypothymis azurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Hypothymis azurea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Hypothymis azurea [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hypothymis azurea [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hypothymis azurea [version 1]

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Bengali: কালাঘাড় রাজন
Catalan: monarca de coroneta negra
Czech: Lejskovec azurový
Danish: Azurfluesnapper, Azurmonark
German: Schwarzgenickschnäpper, Schwarzgenick-Schnäpper
English: Black naped Blue Monarch, Black naped Monarch, Black-capped Monarch, Black-naped Blue Monarch, Black-naped Flycatcher, Black-naped Monarch, Black-naped Monarch Flycatcher, Black-naped or Pacific Monarch, Pacific Monarch, Small Monarch
Esperanto: Nigranuka monarko
Spanish: Monarca Azul de Nuca Negra, Monarca Nuquinegro
Finnish: Sinimonarkki
French: Gobemouche azuré, Gobemouche monarque azuré, Tchitrec azuré, Tchitrec azuré ou T. des Célèbes
Hungarian: lazúrkék császárlégykapó
Indonesian: Burung Kehicap Ranting, Kehicap ranting
Italian: Monarca azzurra nucanera, Monarca nucanera
Japanese (romaji): kuro-eri hitaki, kuroerihitaki
Japanese: クロエリヒタキ
Japanese (Kanji): 黒襟鶲
Scientific: Hypothymis [azurea or puella], Hypothymis azurea, Hypothymis azurea azurea, Muscicapa azurea
Lithuanian: juodasprandis žydrasis monarchas
Malayalam: വെണ്‍നീലി  പാറ്റപിടിയന്‍
Malay: Burung Kelicap Ranting, Burung Sambar Uban Hitam, Kelicap Ranting
Nepali: राजचरी
Dutch: Zwartnekmonarch
Norwegian: Svartnakkemonark
Polish: monarszyk hiacyntowy, Monarszyk lazurowy
Pinyin: hēi-zhěn lán-wēng, hēi-zhěn wáng-wēng
Portuguese: Monarca-azul
Russian: Черноголовый монарх
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kalu-gelasi Radamara
Slovak: Monarch azúrový, vípkár azúrový
Swedish: Azurmonark
Tamil: Karumpidari Neela Eeppidippan
Thai: นกจับแมลงจุกดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók càp-ma-laeeŋ cùk-dam
Ukrainian: Монаршик гіацинтовий
Vietnamese: Chim Đớp ruồi xanh gáy đen
Chinese: 黑枕王鶲, 黑枕王鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 黑枕王鶲
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑枕藍鶲
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑枕蓝鹟

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