Buff-bellied monarch
Buff-bellied monarch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Neolalage Mathews, 1928 |
Species: | N. banksiana
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Binomial name | |
Neolalage banksiana (G.R. Gray, 1870)
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The buff-bellied monarch (Neolalage banksiana) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is monotypic within the genus Neolalage.[2] It is endemic to Vanuatu, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The buff-bellied monarch was originally described in the genus Lalage. Alternate names include Banksian monarch, buff-bellied flycatcher, New Hebrides flycatcher, New Hebrides monarch, Pacific monarch (a name shared with the pale-blue monarch) and Vanuatu flycatcher.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2012). "Neolalage banksiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Neolalage". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Monarchidae
- Birds of Vanuatu
- Endemic fauna of Vanuatu
- Birds described in 1870
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray
- Monarchidae stubs