Black monarch
(Redirected from Fan-tailed monarch)
| Black monarch | |
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| File:Piezorhynchus axillaris - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg | |
| Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Symposiachrus |
| Species: | S. axillaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Symposiachrus axillaris (Salvadori, 1876)
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| Subspecies | |
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The black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit | edit source]This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2] Alternate names include the black monarch flycatcher, fantail monarch and fantailed monarch.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]There are two subspecies recognized:[3]
- S. a. axillaris - (Salvadori, 1876): Found in north-western New Guinea
- S. a. fallax - (Ramsay, EP, 1885): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Rhipidura. Found in west-central to south-eastern New Guinea and Goodenough Island (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago)
References
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