Biology:Louisiade monarch
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Short description: Species of bird
Louisiade monarch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Symposiachrus |
Species: | S. melanopterus
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Binomial name | |
Symposiachrus melanopterus (GR Gray, 1858)
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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
- ↑ "Proc.Zool.Soc.London" 26 p. 178
- ↑ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/Archives/Master_IOC_list_v2.0.xls.
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v12.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1
Wikidata ☰ Q27622604 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiade monarch.
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