Meet The Black-Naped Monarch – The Bright Blue Flying Gem (12 Pics & Video)

Meet The Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea), also known as the Black-naped Blue Monarch, is a small passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia.

Most commonly characterised by its males sporting a bright blue plumage and a distinctive black patch on the back of its head. 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.