Louisiade monarch

The Louisiade monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found in the Louisiade Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist [lowland forest] and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

The species was originally described as a species by George [Robert Gray] as Monarcha melanoptera, later as a subspecies of the spectacled monarch.