Scientific name Mayrornis Higher classification Monarch flycatcher Order Passerine | Family Monarchidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Slaty monarch, Vanikoro monarch, Versicolored monarch | ||
Mayrornis is a genus of bird in the Monarchidae family found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji. The name Mayrornis is a compound word. The first part, Mayr, commemorates Ernst Walter Mayr, a German ornithologist and systematist. The second part, ornis, is the Greek word meaning "bird". Established by Frank Alexander Wetmore in 1932, it contains the following species:
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