Arses (bird)

Arses
Frill-necked monarch, Arses lorealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Arses Lesson, 1831
Type species
Muscicapa telescophthalmus [1] Lesson & Garnot, 1827
Species
see text

Arses is a genus of monarch flycatchers in the family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to forest and second growth on the island of New Guinea, a few surrounding islands and northern Queensland, Australia. The genus is separated by their frilled necks, fleshy blue eye wattles and delicate pendent nests. They also have a distinctive foraging technique, hopping up tree trunks in a spiral fashion.

Taxonomy

The genus Arses was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. ^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840. ^[3] The genus name is from the Persian king Arses who ruled from 338 until 336 BC. ^[4]

The genus contains four species: ^[5]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Ochre-collared monarch	Arses insularis	northern New Guinea.
	Frilled monarch	Arses telescopthalmus	New Guinea
	Frill-necked monarch	Arses lorealis	northern Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
	Pied monarch	Arses kaupi	Queensland in Australia.

References

1. "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Lesson, René (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 387.
3. Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 31.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p.  56. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

• Clement, P (2006) Family Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers); in del Hoyo J, Elliott A & Christie D eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol 11 Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barecelona. ISBN   978-84-96553-06-4