Editing Monarch flycatcher (section)

{{Short description|Family of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name              = Monarchidae
| image             = Zoiseau la vierge1.JPG
| image_caption     = [[Mascarene paradise flycatcher]] (''Terpsiphone bourbonnensis'')
| taxon             = Monarchidae
| authority         = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1854
| synonyms          =
*Grallinidae {{small|[[Ernst Mayr|Mayr]], 1950}}
| synonyms_ref      = <ref>{{ITIS|id=553444|taxon=Monarchidae|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision       = 
* Terpsiphoninae
* Monarchinae
}}

The '''monarchs''' (family '''Monarchidae''') comprise a family of over 100 [[passerine]] birds which includes [[shrikebill]]s, [[paradise flycatcher]]s, and [[Grallina|magpie-lark]]s.

Monarchids are small [[insectivore|insectivorous]] songbirds with long tails. They inhabit forest or woodland across sub-Saharan Africa, south-east Asia, Australasia, and a number of Pacific islands. Only a few species migrate. Many species decorate their cup-shaped nests with lichen.<ref name="EoB">{{cite book | editor-last = Forshaw | editor-first = Joseph | last = Garnett | first = Stephen | year = 1991 | title = Encyclopaedia of Animals: Birds | publisher = Merehurst Press | location = London | pages = 200–201 | isbn = 1-85391-186-0 }}</ref>