Biology:Slaty monarch
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Short description: Species of bird
| Slaty monarch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Aves |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Passeriformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Monarchidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mayrornis |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">M. lessoni |
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| Mayrornis lessoni (G.R. Gray, 1846)
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The slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Fiji. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The slaty monarch was originally described in the genus Rhipidura. Alternate names include cinereous flycatcher, Fiji flycatcher, Fiji slaty flycatcher, slaty flycatcher (an alternate name shared with the Vanikoro monarch) and white-tipped slaty flycatcher.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognized:[2]
- M. l. lessoni - (G.R. Gray, 1846): found in western and central Fiji Islands
- M. l. orientalis - Mayr, 1933: found in eastern Fiji Islands
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Mayrornis lessoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22707204A94110864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707204A94110864.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22707204/94110864. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref.
Wikidata ☰ Q3315263 entry
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