Hypothymis

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Hypothymis
Black-Naped Monarch Flycatcher male.jpg
Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Hypothymis
F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Muscicapa caerulea [1]
Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms
  • Camiguinia
  • Cyanomyas
  • Cyanomyias

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species. [2] [3] The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes. [4]

Species

The genus contains four species: [5]

MaleFemaleCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan.jpg Black-naped Monarch RSCN3989.jpg Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azureatropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
Hypothymis puella puella.jpg Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis puella puella) female on nest.jpg Pale-blue monarch Hypothymis puellaeastern Indonesia.
Short-crested monarch Hypothymis helenaePhilippines.
Celestial Monarch Male.jpg Celestial monarch Hypothymis coelestisPhilippines.

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References

  1. "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 1826. Col 973.
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 472.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 August 2019.