Monarcha | |
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Black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: |
Monarcha Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
Type species | |
Muscipeta carinata
[1] Swainson, 1830
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Synonyms | |
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Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. They are found in Australia and Melanesia.
The genus Monarcha was introduced by naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 with the black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) as the type species. [2] [3] The genus formerly included many more species. Based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005 nineteen species were moved to the resurrected genus Symposiachrus and three to Carterornis. [4] [5]
The genus Monarcha contains the following nine species: [5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Island monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands. |
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Black-faced monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | Australia and New Guinea |
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Black-winged monarch | Monarcha frater | Australia and New Guinea |
Bougainville monarch | Monarcha erythrostictus | Solomon Islands. | |
Chestnut-bellied monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | Solomon Islands. | |
White-capped monarch | Monarcha richardsii | Western Province in the Solomon Islands. | |
Yap monarch | Monarcha godeffroyi | Yap Main Islands, Micronesia. | |
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Tinian monarch | Monarcha takatsukasae | Northern Mariana Islands. |
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Monarcha:
Monarcha | |
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Black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: |
Monarcha Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
Type species | |
Muscipeta carinata
[1] Swainson, 1830
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Synonyms | |
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Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. They are found in Australia and Melanesia.
The genus Monarcha was introduced by naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 with the black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) as the type species. [2] [3] The genus formerly included many more species. Based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005 nineteen species were moved to the resurrected genus Symposiachrus and three to Carterornis. [4] [5]
The genus Monarcha contains the following nine species: [5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Island monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands. |
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Black-faced monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | Australia and New Guinea |
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Black-winged monarch | Monarcha frater | Australia and New Guinea |
Bougainville monarch | Monarcha erythrostictus | Solomon Islands. | |
Chestnut-bellied monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | Solomon Islands. | |
White-capped monarch | Monarcha richardsii | Western Province in the Solomon Islands. | |
Yap monarch | Monarcha godeffroyi | Yap Main Islands, Micronesia. | |
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Tinian monarch | Monarcha takatsukasae | Northern Mariana Islands. |
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Monarcha: