Biology:Louisiade monarch

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Short description: Species of bird

Louisiade monarch
Scientific classification edit
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

This 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

  • Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v12.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1

Wikidata ☰ Q27622604 entry