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title: "Glanzmonarch"
description: "Myiagra alecto — Vögel. The shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/shining-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glanzmonarch

> Myiagra alecto — Vögel. The shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

- Scientific name: *Myiagra alecto*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 1192
- Wikidata: [Q1305018](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1305018)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8062](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8062)

## Names

- en: Shining Flycatcher
- de: Glanzmonarch
- es: Monarca reluciente
- fr: Monarque luisant
- nl: Zwarte monarch
- pl: Muszarka jednobarwna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1006), ID (124), PG (19)

## Summary

The shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.
It is found in  northern Australia, and from the Moluccas to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

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

## Photo

![Glanzmonarch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shining-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388990830

## Machine access

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