The black monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. They are found in Australia and Melanesia.
The Solomons monarch, also known as the black-and-white monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The black-chinned monarch, or Boano monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Indonesia. It is found on Boano island in the southern Mollucas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Biak monarch, or Biak monarch flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Biak Island, Indonesia.
The white-tipped monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
The spot-winged monarch, or spot-wing monarch flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The Manus monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.
The Kofiau monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Kofiau in Indonesia.
The white-tailed monarch, or Kai monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Kai Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The black-tipped monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
The hooded monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found on New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The black-bibbed monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae that is endemic to Indonesia. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The rufous monarch, or rufous monarch flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found in western New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The black-tailed monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The white-collared monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands of Ugi and Makira.
The Mussau flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Mussau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago.
Symposiachrus is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. Most species are endemic to islands in Melanesia but the spectacled monarch is widely distributed and occurs in parts of Indonesia and western Australia. The genus was previously lumped together in the genus Monarcha.
The Flores monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the western half of the island of Flores in Indonesia.
Bruno Mencke was a wealthy German explorer and collector. Born in Braunschweig to Eberhard, a wealthy chocolate manufacturer, and Charlotte née Wittekop, he was famous for undertaking the First German South Sea Expedition at the age of 24. He fitted out his 300-ton steam yacht Eberhard purchased from the Prince of Monaco and sailed to German New Guinea, accompanied by naturalists and anthropologists including Oskar Heinroth, Paul Kothe, and Georg Duncker. After reaching Herbertshōhe he brought on board a former German colonial official, Ludwig Caro, as a secretary. On 31 March 1901 his yacht was anchored in a bay and the crew had camped in tents on an island. The camp was attacked by locals with spears. Mencke's men used firearms to repel the attack but Caro was speared through and killed along with a few other crew while many members were injured. It was claimed in the newspapers that the bodies were later found to be eaten by the local cannibals. Mencke himself died from injuries on 2 April and was buried on St. Matthias. The ornithologist Oskar Heinroth was injured but survived and wrote several papers on the findings from the expedition. A bird species, the Mussau monarch, Symposiachrus menckei, was named after Mencke.
