Symposiachrus

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Symposiachrus
Monarcha trivirgatus - Thornton Beach.jpg
Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Drymophila trivirgata [1]
Temminck, 1826
Synonyms
  • Symposiarchus

Symposiachrus is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. Most species are endemic to islands in Melanesia but the spectacled monarch is widely distributed and occurs in parts of Indonesia and western Australia. The genus was previously lumped together in the genus Monarcha .

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Taxonomy and systematics

Based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, the genus Monarcha was split and 19 species moved to the resurrected genus Symposiachrus that had been introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) as the type species. [2] [3] The genus name Symposiachrus combines the Ancient Greek συν/sun meaning "together", ποσις/posis meaning "husband" and αχρως/akhrōs meaning "pallid". [4]

The genus Symposiachrus contains the following 23 species: [5]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Black monarch Symposiachrus axillarisNew Guinea.
Spot-winged monarch Symposiachrus guttulaNew Guinea.
Banda Sea monarch (formerly Black-bibbed monarch)Symposiachrus mundusTanimbar Islands.
Flores monarch Symposiachrus sacerdotumFlores in Indonesia.
Louisiade monarch Symposiachrus melanopterusPapua New Guinea.
Monarcha boanensis Foto Kees Moeliker.jpg Boano monarch Symposiachrus boanensisBoano, Maluku islands.
Monarcha trivirgatus - Thornton Beach.jpg Spectacled monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatusAustralia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Moluccan monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatusIndonesia.
Kai monarch Symposiachrus leucurusKai Islands.
Tanahjampea monarch Symposiachrus everettiTanahjampea, Selayar Islands
Buru monarch Symposiachrus loricatusMoluccas
Kofiau monarch Symposiachrus julianaeKofiau in Indonesia.
Biak monarch Symposiachrus brehmiiBiak Island, Indonesia.
Hooded monarch Symposiachrus manadensisNew Guinea.
Manus monarch Symposiachrus infelixAdmiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.
Mussau monarch Symposiachrus menckeiBismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Bismarck monarch Symposiachrus verticalisBismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Solomons monarch Symposiachrus barbatussoutheast Solomon Islands archipelago
Malaita monarch Symposiachrus malaitae Malaita in the Solomon Islands archipelago
White-collared monarch Symposiachrus viduaSolomon Islands
Vella lavella monarch Symposiachrus nigrotectusnorthwest and north New Georgia Islands
Kolombangara monarch Symposiachrus browniSolomon Islands
Rufous monarch Symposiachrus rubiensisNew Guinea

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References

  1. "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 38: 1–11, 53–67, 258–266, 378–389, 533–541, 650–665 [650].
  3. Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genus Monarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (3): 776–788. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..776F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.007. PMID   16291094.
  4. Jobling, James A. "Symposiachrus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Monarchs". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

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