Frilled monarch
| Frilled monarch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Arses |
| Species: | A. telescopthalmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arses telescopthalmus (Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | |
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The frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. As here defined, it is restricted to forest on the New Guinea and nearby smaller islands, but historically it has include some or all of the remaining members of the genus Arses as subspecies.
Taxonomy and systematics
Some authorities consider the ochre-collared monarch and the frill-necked monarch as subspecies of the frilled monarch.[2][3]
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized:[4]
- A. t. batantae - Sharpe, 1879: Found on Batanta and Waigeo (western Papuan islands)
- A. t. telescopthalmus - (Lesson & Garnot, 1827): Found on Salawati and Misool (western Papuan islands) and north-western New Guinea
- A. t. aruensis - Sharpe, 1879: Found on the Aru Islands (south-west of New Guinea)
- A. t. harterti - van Oort, 1909: Found in southern New Guinea
- A. t. henkei - Meyer, AB, 1886: Found in eastern and southern New Guinea
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Arses telescophthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Arses insularis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "Arses lorealis - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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