The Spot-winged Monarch occurs on New Guinea. A guide to the Mimika region describes a black face and throat, grey back, white underparts and white wing spots, with records from lower and middle forest levels.
The Mimika guide describes a black face and throat, grey back and white underparts. It notes white spots on the wings and white tips to the outer tail feathers.
The guide records the species in lowland and hill forest in Mimika, using the lower and middle levels of the forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.