---
title: "Australian Spectacled Monarch"
description: "Symposiachrus trivirgatus — Birds. The spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/australian-spectacled-monarch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Spectacled Monarch

> Symposiachrus trivirgatus — Birds. The spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

- Scientific name: *Symposiachrus trivirgatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1735
- Wikidata: [Q840107](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840107)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144747](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144747)

## Names

- en: Australian Spectacled Monarch
- de: Brillenmonarch
- es: Monarca de anteojos
- fr: Monarque à lunettes
- nl: Brilmonarch
- pt: Monarcha trivirgatus
- pl: Monareczka okularowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1657), ID (3), TL (3)

## Summary

The spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.  Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_monarch

## Photo

![Australian Spectacled Monarch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-spectacled-monarch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brecht Verstraete · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288165018

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-spectacled-monarch?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).