Hypothymis

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Hypothymis
File:Black-Naped Monarch Flycatcher male.jpg
Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Hypothymis
F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Muscicapa caerulea[1]
Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms
  • Camiguinia
  • Cyanomyas
  • Cyanomyias

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species.[2][3] The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.[4]

Species

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The genus contains four species:[5]

Male Female Common name Scientific name Distribution
File:Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan.jpg File:Black-naped Monarch RSCN3989.jpg Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
File:Hypothymis puella puella.jpg File:Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis puella puella) female on nest.jpg Pale-blue monarch Hypothymis puella eastern Indonesia.
Short-crested monarch Hypothymis helenae Philippines.
File:Celestial Monarch Male.jpg Celestial monarch Hypothymis coelestis Philippines.

References

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