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Black monarch

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Symposiachrus

Higher classification
  
Monarcha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Monarchidae

Scientific name
  
Symposiachrus axillaris

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Monarcha, Island monarch, Bird, Manus monarch, Machaerirhynchus

The black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Taxonomy and systematics

This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009. Alternate names include the black monarch flycatcher, fantail monarch and fantailed monarch.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies recognized:

  • 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

    Black monarch Wikipedia
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