Editing Monarch flycatcher (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==
[[File:Satinflycatcher1.jpg|thumb|The [[satin flycatcher]] is fully migratory, breeding in southern Australia and migrating to northern Australia and New Guinea.]]
[[File:Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis puella puella) female on nest.jpg|thumb|Female [[pale-blue monarch]] on a nest constructed on forked branch]]

The monarchs have a mostly Old World distribution. In the western end of their range, they are distributed through sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and the islands of the tropical Indian Ocean. They also occur in South and Southeastern Asia, north to Japan, down to [[New Guinea]], and most of Australia. The family has managed to reach many Pacific islands, and several endemic genera occur across [[Micronesia]], [[Melanesia]], and [[Polynesia]] as far as [[Hawaii]] and the [[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas]].

The paradise flycatchers of the genus ''[[Terpsiphone]]'' have the widest distribution of any of the monarchs, ranging across almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the [[Mascarenes]] and [[Seychelles]], southern and eastern Asia as far as Korea, Afghanistan, the Philippines,  and the [[Lesser Sundas]]. The other paradise flycatcher genus, ''[[Trochocercus]]'', is restricted to Africa. The other exclusively Asian genus is the ''[[Hypothymis]]'' monarchs. The remaining genera are predominantly found in the Austro-Papuan and Oceania regions. A few monotypic genera are restricted to Pacific islands; these include the Chuuk monarch (''Metabolus'') in the Micronesian island of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Chuuk]], the Hawaiian [[Elepaio]] (''Chasiempis''), and the [[buff-bellied monarch]] (''Neolalage'') which is restricted to the islands of [[Vanuatu]]. Other Pacific genera are the shrikebills (''[[Clytorhynchus]]'') and the ''[[Mayrornis]]'' monarchs, both of which are found in Melanesia and west Polynesia, and the ''[[Pomarea]]'' monarchs, which are exclusively Polynesian in origin.

The majority of the family is found in forests and woodland habitats. Species that live in more open woodlands tend to live in the higher levels of the trees but, in denser forest, live in the middle and lower levels. Other habitats used by the monarchs include savannahs and mangroves, and the terrestrial magpie-lark occurs in most Australian habitats except the driest deserts.

While the majority of monarchs are resident, a few species are partially [[bird migration|migratory]] and one, the [[satin flycatcher]], is fully migratory, although the [[Japanese paradise flycatcher]] is almost entirely migratory. The [[African paradise flycatcher]] makes a series of poorly understood intra-African migratory movements.