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Celestial monarch

Hypothymis coelestis Tweeddale, 1877

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The celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis) is a species in the family Monarchidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 13.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis)
Photo: Adrian Constantino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the celestial monarch

Weight
13.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the celestial monarch live?

Not recorded

What is the celestial monarch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae, and one of the most attractive of all the monarch flycatchers. It is identified as a turquoise blue bird with a long and spectacular cerulean blue crest and large greenish-yellow wattle. It is endemic to the Philippines with its extant range being in Luzon, Samar, Mindanao Tawi-Tawi and Basilan and it being possibly extinct on Negros and Sibuyan Island.Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests up to 750 masl. There is an unverified report of this bird in 2024 in Leyte. It is one of the most sought after birds by birdwatchers in the Philippines and in the world.

From the Wikipedia article “Celestial monarch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Celestial_monarch&oldid=1380738195), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the celestial monarch endangered?

The celestial monarch is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the celestial monarch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMonarchidae
  6. genusHypothymis
  7. SpeciesHypothymis coelestis Tweeddale, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Celestial blue monarchEnglish
  • Celestial blue monarchEnglish
  • monarca celestialCatalan
  • lejskovec blankytnýCzech
  • Brenin goleulasWelsh
  • Himmelblå MonarkDanish
  • HimmelsmonarchGerman
  • Himmels-HaubenschnäpperGerman
  • HimmelsschnäpperGerman
  • ĉiela monarkoEsperanto
  • Monarca celesteSpanish
  • filippiiniensinimonarkkiFinnish
  • Tchitrec célesteFrench
  • kukmasti monarhCroatian
  • Monarca celestialeItalian
  • エボシフジイロヒタキJapanese
  • paprastasis žydrasis monarchasLithuanian
  • Hemelsblauwe MonarchDutch
  • celestmonarkNorwegian
  • monarszyk długoczubyPolish
  • monarca-celestePortuguese
  • monarca-celestialPortuguese
  • Небесный монархRussian
  • vípkar kobaltovýSlovak
  • långtofsad monarkSwedish
  • Tepeli Mavi MonarkTurkish
  • монаршик довгочубийUkrainian
  • 仙王鶲Chinese
  • 仙王鹟Chinese
  • 仙藍王鶲Chinese

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Relatives of the celestial monarch

Other species in the same genus Hypothymis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the celestial monarch?

An adult celestial monarch weighs 13.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the celestial monarch endangered?

The celestial monarch is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the celestial monarch?

The celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis) belongs to the family Monarchidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/celestial-monarch

MLA

“Celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/celestial-monarch.

BibTeX
@misc{celestial_monarch_2026,
  title = {Celestial monarch (Hypothymis coelestis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/celestial-monarch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}