Louisiade monarch

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Louisiade monarch
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. melanopterus
Binomial name
Symposiachrus melanopterus
(GR Gray, 1858)

The Louisiade monarch (Symposiachrus melanopterus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found in the Louisiade Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

The species was originally described as a species by George Robert Gray as Monarcha melanoptera, [1] later as a subspecies of the spectacled monarch. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1858). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. pt.26 (1858). London: Academic Press, [etc.]
  2. ↑ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2016.


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