Slaty monarch

Species of bird

Slaty monarch
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Mayrornis
Species:
M. lessoni
Binomial name
Mayrornis lessoni
(G.R. Gray, 1846)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Rhipidura Lessoni

The slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Fiji. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The slaty monarch was originally described in the genus Rhipidura. Alternate names include cinereous flycatcher, Fiji flycatcher, Fiji slaty flycatcher, slaty flycatcher (an alternate name shared with the Vanikoro monarch) and white-tipped slaty flycatcher.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies recognized:[2]

  • M. l. lessoni - (G.R. Gray, 1846): found in western and central Fiji Islands
  • M. l. orientalis - Mayr, 1933: found in eastern Fiji Islands

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mayrornis lessoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707204A94110864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707204A94110864.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)
Subfamily Terpsiphoninae
Hypothymis
  • Black-naped monarch (H. azurea)
  • Pale-blue monarch (H. puella)
  • Short-crested monarch (H. helenae)
  • Celestial monarch (H. coelestis)
Trochocercus
  • Blue-mantled crested flycatcher (T. cyanomelas)
  • Blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. nitens)
Terpsiphone
(Paradise flycatchers)
  • Bedford's paradise flycatcher (T. bedfordi)
  • Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (T. rufocinerea)
  • Red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer)
  • Annobón paradise flycatcher (T. smithii)
  • Bates's paradise flycatcher (T. batesi)
  • African paradise flycatcher (T. viridis)
  • Indian paradise flycatcher (T. paradisi)
  • Blyth's paradise flycatcher (T. affinis)
  • Amur paradise flycatcher (T. incei)
  • Japanese paradise flycatcher (T. atrocaudata)
  • Blue paradise flycatcher (T. cyanescens)
  • Rufous paradise flycatcher (T. cinnamomea)
  • São Tomé paradise flycatcher (T. atrochalybeia)
  • Malagasy paradise flycatcher (T. mutata)
  • Seychelles paradise flycatcher (T. corvina)
  • Mascarene paradise flycatcher (T. bourbonnensis)
Subfamily Monarchinae
Chasiempis
(‘Elepaios)
  • Kauaʻi ʻelepaio (C. sclateri)
  • O'ahu ʻelepaio (C. ibidis)
  • Hawaiʻi ʻelepaio (C. sandwichensis)
Pomarea
  • Rarotonga monarch (P. dimidiata)
  • Tahiti monarch (P. nigra)
  • Marquesan monarch (P. mendozae)
  • Ua Pou monarch (P. mira)
  • Iphis monarch (P. iphis)
  • Fatu Hiva monarch (P. whitneyi)
Mayrornis
  • Vanikoro monarch (M. schistaceus)
  • Ogea monarch (M. versicolor)
  • Slaty monarch (M. lessoni)
Neolalage
  • Buff-bellied monarch (N. banksiana)
Clytorhychus
(Shrikebills)
  • Southern shrikebill (C. pachycephaloides)
  • Fiji shrikebill (C. vitiensis)
  • Black-throated shrikebill (C. nigrogularis)
  • Santa Cruz shrikebill (C. sanctaecrucis)
  • Rennell shrikebill (C. hamlini)
Metabolus
  • Chuuk monarch (M. rugensis)
Symposiachrus
  • Black monarch (S. axillaris)
  • Spot-winged monarch (S. guttula)
  • Black-bibbed monarch (S. mundus)
  • Flores monarch (S. sacerdotum)
  • Boano monarch (S. boanensis)
  • Louisiade monarch (S. melanopterus)
  • Spectacled monarch (S. trivirgatus)
  • Moluccan monarch (S. bimaculatus)
  • Kai monarch (S. leucurus)
  • Tanahjampea monarch (S. everetti)
  • Buru monarch (S. loricatus)
  • Kofiau monarch (S. julianae)
  • Biak monarch (S. brehmii)
  • Hooded monarch (S. manadensis)
  • Manus monarch (S. infelix)
  • Mussau monarch (S. menckei)
  • Black-tailed monarch (S. verticalis)
  • Solomons monarch (S. barbatus)
  • Kolombangara monarch (S. browni)
  • White-collared monarch (S. vidua)
Monarcha
  • Rufous monarch (M. rubiensis)
  • Island monarch (M. cinerascens)
  • Black-faced monarch (M. melanopsis)
  • Black-winged monarch (M. frater)
  • Bougainville monarch (M. erythrostictus)
  • Chestnut-bellied monarch (M. castaneiventris)
  • White-capped monarch (M. richardsii)
  • Yap monarch (M. godeffroyi)
  • Tinian monarch (M. takatsukasae)
Carterornis
  • White-eared monarch (C. leucotis)
  • White-naped monarch (C. pileatus)
  • Golden monarch (C. chrysomela)
Arses
  • Ochre-collared monarch (A. insularis)
  • Frilled monarch (A. telescopthalmus)
  • Frill-necked monarch (A. lorealis)
  • Pied monarch (A. kaupi)
Grallina
  • Magpie-lark (G. cyanoleuca)
  • Torrent-lark (G. bruijni)
Myiagra
  • Oceanic flycatcher (M. oceanica)
  • Palau flycatcher (M. erythrops)
  • Pohnpei flycatcher (M. pluto)
  • Moluccan flycatcher (M. galeata)
  • Biak black flycatcher (M. atra)
  • Leaden flycatcher (M. rubecula)
  • Steel-blue flycatcher (M. ferrocyanea)
  • Makira flycatcher (M. cervinicauda)
  • Melanesian flycatcher (M. caledonica)
  • Vanikoro flycatcher (M. vanikorensis)
  • Samoan flycatcher (M. albiventris)
  • Azure-crested flycatcher (M. azureocapilla)
  • Chestnut-throated flycatcher (M. castaneigularis)
  • Broad-billed flycatcher (M. ruficollis)
  • Satin flycatcher (M. cyanoleuca)
  • Shining flycatcher (M. alecto)
  • Velvet flycatcher (M. hebetior)
  • Paperbark flycatcher (M. nana)
  • Restless flycatcher (M. inquieta)
Taxon identifiers
Mayrornis lessoni


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