Black monarch
| Black monarch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Symposiachrus |
| Species: | S. axillaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Symposiachrus axillaris (Salvadori, 1876) | |
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The black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[3] Alternate names include the black monarch flycatcher, fantail monarch and fantailed monarch.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognized:[4]
- S. a. axillaris - (Salvadori, 1876): Found in north-western New Guinea
- S. a. fallax - (Ramsay, EP, 1885): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Rhipidura. Found in west-central to south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Symposiachrus axillaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Monarcha axillaris (Black Monarch)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ↑ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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