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Symposiachrus

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Symposiachrus
Spectacled monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Bonaparte,1854
Type species
Drymophila trivirgata[1]
Temminck, 1826
Synonyms
  • Symposiarchus

Symposiachrusis agenusof birds in the familyMonarchidae.Most species are endemic to islands inMelanesiabut thespectacled monarchis widely distributed and occurs in parts of Indonesia and western Australia. The genus was previously lumped together in the genusMonarcha.

Taxonomy and systematics

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Based on the results of amolecular phylogeneticstudy published in 2005, the genusMonarchawas split and 19 species moved to the resurrected genusSymposiachrusthat had been introduced by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonapartein 1854 with thespectacled monarch(Symposiachrus trivirgatus) as thetype species.[2][3]The genus nameSymposiachruscombines theAncient Greekσυν/sunmeaning "together", ποσις/posismeaning "husband" and αχρως/akhrōsmeaning "pallid".[4]

The genusSymposiachruscontains the following 23 species:[5]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
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.
Boano monarch Symposiachrus boanensis Boano, Maluku islands.
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 Malaitain the Solomon Islands archipelago
White-collared monarch Symposiachrus vidua Solomon Islands
Vella lavella monarch Symposiachrus nigrotectus northwest and northNew Georgia Islands
Kolombangara monarch Symposiachrus browni Solomon Islands
Rufous monarch Symposiachrus rubiensis New Guinea

References

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  1. ^"Monarchidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-16.
  2. ^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].
  3. ^Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genusMonarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics ".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.37(3): 776–788.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.007.PMID16291094.
  4. ^Jobling, James A."Symposiachrus".The Key to Scientific Names.Cornell Lab of Ornithology.Retrieved3 September2024.
  5. ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (August 2024)."Monarchs".IOC World Bird List Version 14.2.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved19 September2024.

Further reading

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  • 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.