Black-tipped Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus Scientific name definitions

18 cm. A medium-sized, strikingly black-and-white monarch. Crown and most of upperparts are deep blue-black; forehead and face black, black extending to throat and upper breast ; upperwing-coverts and flight-feathers black, broadly edged bluish-black; tail black on central feathers and tips of outers, rest of outer feathers entirely white; underparts from moustachial area downwards white; iris dark; bill bluish or grey-blue; legs dark grey or lead-grey. Sexes alike. Juvenile has mostly brown upperparts to centre of tail and chin and throat, outer tail feathers rusty buff, underparts pale or dull reddish-brown.