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title: "Schwarzgenickschnäpper"
description: "Hypothymis azurea — Vögel. The black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) is a passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-naped-monarch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Schwarzgenickschnäpper

> Hypothymis azurea — Vögel. The black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) is a passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia.

- Scientific name: *Hypothymis azurea*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 6043
- Wikidata: [Q73430](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73430)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204523)

## Names

- en: Black-naped Monarch
- de: Schwarzgenickschnäpper
- es: Monarca nuquinegro
- fr: Tchitrec azuré
- pt: Monarca-azul
- pl: Monarszyk hiacyntowy

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1774), IN (1228), TH (904), MY (231), ID (226), CN (214), PH (183), VN (160), LK (107), KH (92), HK (73), BD (38)

## Summary

The black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) is a 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.

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

## Photo

![Schwarzgenickschnäpper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-naped-monarch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253839684

## Machine access

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