Biology:Boano monarch

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Short description: Species of bird

Boano monarch
Monarcha boanensis Foto Kees Moeliker.jpg
On the island of Boano, 1994 (Kees Moeliker)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. boanensis
Binomial name
Symposiachrus boanensis
(van Bemmel, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Symposiachrus trivirgatus boanensis Monarcha boanensis
  • Symposiarchus boanensis
  • Monarcha trivirgatus boanensis
  • Monarcha trivirgata boanensis

The Boano monarch (Symposiachrus boanensis), or black-chinned monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Indonesia. It is found on Boano island in the southern Mollucas. 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

This species was originally described as a subspecies of the spectacled monarch and then classified as a separate species in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[1] The name 'black-chinned monarch' is also used as an alternate name for the black-winged monarch.[citation needed]

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2023). "Monarchs". World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/monarchs/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q25260099 entry