Shining flycatcher
| Shining flycatcher | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Myiagra |
| Species: | M. alecto |
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| Myiagra alecto (Temminck, 1827) | |
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The shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in northern Australia, and from the Moluccas to the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The shining flycatcher was originally described in the genus Drymophila and subsequently placed by some authorities in the genus Monarcha. Alternate names include common shining flycatcher, shining monarch, shining monarch flycatcher, shining Myiagra and shining Myiagra-flycatcher.
Subspecies
Eight subspecies are recognized:[2]
- M. a. alecto - (Temminck, 1827): Found in northern and central Moluccas
- M. a. longirostris - (Mathews, 1928): Found on Tanimbar Islands
- M. a. rufolateralis - (Gray, GR, 1858): Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Aru Islands (south-west of New Guinea)
- M. a. chalybeocephala - (Lesson, R & Garnot, 1828): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Muscicapa. Found on the western Papuan islands, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago
- M. a. lucida - Gray, GR, 1858: Originally described as a separate species. Found on the eastern Papuan islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago
- M. a. manumudari - (Rothschild & Hartert, 1915): Found on Manam (off north-eastern New Guinea)
- M. a. melvillensis - (Mathews, 1912): Found in north-western and north-central Australia
- M. a. wardelli - (Mathews, 1911): Found in southern New Guinea, north-eastern and eastern Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiagra alecto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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