Monarcha
Genus of birds
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Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. They are found in Australia and Melanesia.
| Monarcha | |
|---|---|
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| Black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Monarcha Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Muscipeta carinata[1] Swainson, 1830 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The genus Monarcha was introduced by naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 with the black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) as the type species.[2][3] The genus formerly included many more species. Based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005 nineteen species were moved to the resurrected genus Symposiachrus and three to Carterornis.[4][5]
Extant species
The genus Monarcha contains the following seven species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(1).JPG) | Island monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands. |
 | Black-faced monarch | Monarcha melanopsis | Australia and New Guinea |
 | Black-winged monarch | Monarcha frater | Australia and New Guinea |
| Chestnut-bellied monarch includes Bougainville monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | Solomon Islands. | |
| White-capped monarch | Monarcha richardsii | Western Province in the Solomon Islands. | |
| Yap monarch | Monarcha godeffroyi | Yap Main Islands, Micronesia. | |
 | Tinian monarch | Monarcha takatsukasae | Northern Mariana Islands. |
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Monarcha:
- Black-naped monarch (as Monarcha azurea)[6]
- Rarotonga monarch (as Monarches dimidiatus)[7]
- Marquesan monarch (as Monarcha mendozae)[8]
- Black monarch (as Monarcha axillaris)[9]
- Black-bibbed monarch (as Monarcha mundus)[10]
- Flores monarch (as Monarcha sacerdotum)[11]
- Boano monarch (as Monarcha boanensis)[12]
- Spectacled monarch (as Monarcha trivirgatus)[13]
- Spectacled monarch (Seram) (as Monarcha nigrimentum)[14]
- Spectacled monarch (bernsteinii) (as Monarcha bernsteini)[15]
- Spectacled monarch (melanopterus) (as Monarcha melanoptera)[16]
- Spectacled monarch (albiventris) (as Monarcha albiventris)[17]
- Spectacled monarch (gouldii) (as Monarcha gouldii)[18]
- Kai monarch (as Monarcha leucurus)[19]
- Tanahjampea monarch (as Monarcha everetti)[20]
- Kofiau monarch (as Monarcha julianae)[21]
- Biak monarch (as Monarcha brehmii)[22]
- Manus monarch (as Monarcha infelix)[23]
- Mussau monarch (as Monarcha menckei)[24]
- Black-tailed monarch (as Monarcha verticalis)[25]
- Djaul monarch (as Monarcha ateralba)[26]
- Solomons monarch (as Monarcha barbata)[27]
- Malaita monarch (as Monarcha malaitae)[28]
- Kolombangara monarch (as Monarcha browni or Monarcha kulambangrae)[29]
- Kolombangara monarch (nigrotectus) (as Monarcha nigrotectus)[30]
- White-collared monarch (as Monarcha vidua or Monarcha viduus)[31]
- White-eared monarch (as Monarcha leucotis)[32]
- White-naped monarch (as Monarcha pileatus)[33]
- White-naped monarch (buruensis) (as Monarcha buruensis)[34]
- Tanimbar monarch (as Monarcha castus)[35]
- Golden monarch (as Monarcha chrysomela)[36]
- Golden monarch (aruensis) (as Monarcha aruensis)[37]
- Golden monarch (melanonotus) (as Monarcha melanonotus)[38]
- Golden monarch (kordensis) (as Monarcha kordensis)[39]
- Ochre-collared monarch (as Monarcha insularis)[40]
- Shining flycatcher (as Monarcha alecto)[41]
- Velvet flycatcher (as Monarcha hebetior)[42]
