Frilled monarch

Frilled monarch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Arses
Species: A. telescopthalmus
Binomial name
Arses telescopthalmus
(Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Arses telescophthalmus

The frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. As here defined, it is restricted to forest on the New Guinea and nearby smaller islands, but historically it has include some or all of the remaining members of the genus Arses as subspecies.

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