Black-tailed monarch
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| Species: | S. verticalis
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| Symposiachrus verticalis (P. L. Sclater, 1877)
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Monarcha verticalis | |
The black-tailed monarch (Symposiachrus verticalis) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognized:[3]
- S. v. ateralbus - (Salomonsen, 1964): found on Dyaul Island (off north-western New Ireland)
- S. v. verticalis - (P. L. Sclater, 1877): found on the main islands of the Bismarck Archipelago
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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