Symposiachrus
| Symposiachrus | |
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| Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Symposiachrus Bonaparte, 1854 |
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Symposiachrus is a genus of birds in the Monarchidae family.[1] It is sometimes lumped together in the genus Monarcha.
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus Symposiachrus contains the following eighteen species:[2]
- Black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris)
- Spot-winged monarch (Symposiachrus guttula)
- Black-bibbed monarch (Symposiachrus mundus)
- Flores monarch (Symposiachrus sacerdotum)
- Black-chinned monarch (Symposiachrus boanensis)
- Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
- White-tailed monarch (Symposiachrus leucurus)
- White-tipped monarch (Symposiachrus everetti)
- Black-tipped monarch (Symposiachrus loricatus)
- Kofiau monarch (Symposiachrus julianae)
- Biak monarch (Symposiachrus brehmii)
- Hooded monarch (Symposiachrus manadensis)
- Manus monarch (Symposiachrus infelix)
- Mussau monarch (Symposiachrus menckei)
- Black-tailed monarch (Symposiachrus verticalis)
- Solomons monarch (Symposiachrus barbatus)
- Kolombangara monarch (Symposiachrus browni)
- White-collared monarch (Symposiachrus vidua)
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Symposiachrus:
- Rufous monarch (as Symposiachrus rubiensis)[3]
References
- ^ "Taxonomic Updates - IOC Version 2.0 (January 2009)". IOC. January 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Monarchs « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ "Symposiachrus rubiensis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- David, N., and M. Gosselin. 2011. Gender agreement of avian species-group names under Article 31.2.2 of the ICZN Code. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 131: 103-115.
- Filardi, C.E., and R.G. Moyle. 2005. Single origin of a pan-Pacific bird group and upstream colonization of Australasia. Nature 438: 216-219.
- Filardi, C.E., and C.E. Smith. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genus Monarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 776-788.
- Mayr, E., and J. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Speciation, ecology, and biogeography. Oxford University Press.
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