Symposiachrus is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. Most species are endemic to islands in Melanesia but the spectacled monarch is widely distributed and occurs in parts of Indonesia and western Australia. The genus was previously lumped together in the genus Monarcha.
| Symposiachrus | |
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| Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Symposiachrus Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Drymophila trivirgata[1] Temminck, 1826
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Taxonomy and systematics
editBased on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, the genus Monarcha was split and 19 species moved to the resurrected genus Symposiachrus that had been introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) as the type species.[2][3] The genus name Symposiachrus combines the Ancient Greek συν/sun meaning "together", ποσις/posis meaning "husband" and αχρως/akhrōs meaning "pallid".[4]
The genus Symposiachrus contains the following 23 species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Black monarch | Symposiachrus axillaris | New Guinea. | |
| Spot-winged monarch | Symposiachrus guttula | New Guinea. | |
| Banda Sea monarch (formerly Black-bibbed monarch) | Symposiachrus mundus | Tanimbar Islands. | |
| Flores monarch | Symposiachrus sacerdotum | Flores in Indonesia. | |
| Louisiade monarch | Symposiachrus melanopterus | Papua New Guinea. | |
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Boano monarch | Symposiachrus boanensis | Boano, Maluku islands. |
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Spectacled monarch | Symposiachrus trivirgatus | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. |
| Moluccan monarch | Symposiachrus bimaculatus | Indonesia. | |
| Kai monarch | Symposiachrus leucurus | Kai Islands. | |
| Tanahjampea monarch | Symposiachrus everetti | Tanahjampea, Selayar Islands | |
| Buru monarch | Symposiachrus loricatus | Moluccas | |
| Kofiau monarch | Symposiachrus julianae | Kofiau in Indonesia. | |
| Biak monarch | Symposiachrus brehmii | Biak Island, Indonesia. | |
| Hooded monarch | Symposiachrus manadensis | New Guinea. | |
| Manus monarch | Symposiachrus infelix | Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea. | |
| Mussau monarch | Symposiachrus menckei | Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. | |
| Bismarck monarch | Symposiachrus verticalis | Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. | |
| Solomons monarch | Symposiachrus barbatus | southeast Solomon Islands archipelago | |
| Malaita monarch | Symposiachrus malaitae | Malaita in the Solomon Islands archipelago | |
| White-collared monarch | Symposiachrus vidua | Solomon Islands | |
| Vella lavella monarch | Symposiachrus nigrotectus | northwest and north New Georgia Islands | |
| Kolombangara monarch | Symposiachrus browni | Solomon Islands | |
| Rufous monarch | Symposiachrus rubiensis | New Guinea |
References
edit- ^ "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 38: 1–11, 53–67, 258–266, 378–389, 533–541, 650–665 [650].
- ^ Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genus Monarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (3): 776–788. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.007. PMID 16291094.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Symposiachrus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Monarchs". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
Further reading
edit- Filardi, C.E., and R.G. Moyle. 2005. Single origin of a pan-Pacific bird group and upstream colonization of Australasia. Nature 438: 216–219.
- Mayr, E., and J. Diamond. 2001. The birds of northern Melanesia. Speciation, ecology, and biogeography. Oxford University Press.
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