Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. They are found in Australia and Melanesia.

Monarcha
Black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Monarcha
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Type species
Muscipeta carinata[1]
Swainson, 1830
Synonyms
  • Monarcharses
  • Monarches

Taxonomy and systematics edit

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]

Extant species edit

The genus Monarcha contains the following nine species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
  Island monarch Monarcha cinerascens Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands.
  Black-faced monarch Monarcha melanopsis Australia and New Guinea
  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.
  Tinian monarch Monarcha takatsukasae Northern Mariana Islands.

Former species edit

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Monarcha:

References edit

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  2. ^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward; Horsfield, Thomas (1827). "Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (in English and Latin). 15 (1): 170–334 [254–255]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1826.tb00115.x. The title page is dated 1826.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 500.
  4. ^ Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genus Monarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (3): 776–788. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.007. PMID 16291094.
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  6. ^ Harrison, John; Worfolk, Tim (2011-01-27). A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199585663.
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  10. ^ "Symposiachrus mundus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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  21. ^ "Symposiachrus loricatus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  22. ^ "Symposiachrus brehmii - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
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  35. ^ "Carterornis castus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  36. ^ "Carterornis chrysomela - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  37. ^ "Carterornis chrysomela aruensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  38. ^ "Carterornis chrysomela melanonotus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  39. ^ "Carterornis chrysomela kordensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
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