Hypothymis

Hypothymis
Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Scientific classification
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]

Male	Female	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Black-naped monarch	Hypothymis azurea	tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
		Pale-blue monarch	Hypothymis puella	eastern Indonesia.
		Short-crested monarch	Hypothymis helenae	Philippines.
		Celestial monarch	Hypothymis coelestis	Philippines.

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.