---
title: "Maskermonarch"
description: "Monarcha melanopsis — Vogels. The black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea (where most birds migrate to during the austral winter; May to August)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-faced-monarch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maskermonarch

> Monarcha melanopsis — Vogels. The black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea (where most birds migrate to during the austral winter; May to August).

- Scientific name: *Monarcha melanopsis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1469
- Wikidata: [Q1308775](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1308775)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8120](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8120)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Monarch
- de: Maskenmonarch
- fr: Monarque à face noire
- nl: Maskermonarch
- pl: Monarka strojna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1409)

## Summary

The black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea (where most birds migrate to during the austral winter; May to August).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: finch_fanatic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333444058

## Machine access

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