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Mayrornis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

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:

  • Vanikoro monarch (Mayrornis schistaceus)
  • Versicolored monarch (Mayrornis versicolor)
  • Slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
  • References

    Mayrornis Wikipedia