White-collared monarch

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White-collared monarch
Piezorhynchus vidua - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
Illustration by William Matthew Hart

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. vidua
Binomial name
Symposiachrus vidua
(Tristram, 1879)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Monarcha vidua
  • Monarcha viduus
  • Piezorhynchus vidua
  • Symposiarchus vidua

The white-collared monarch (Symposiachrus vidua) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands of Ugi and Makira.

Taxonomy and systematics[]

This species was originally described as belonging to the genus Piezorhynchus (a synonym for Myiagra) and subsequently classified in the genus Monarcha prior to being moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2] Alternate names include the San Cristobal monarch and scaled monarch.

Subspecies[]

There are two subspecies recognized:[3]

  • S. v. squamulatus - (Tristram, 1882): Originally described as a separate species in the genus Piezorhynchus. Found on Ugi Island
  • S. v. vidua - (Tristram, 1879): Found on Makira

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Symposiachrus vidua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707330A94117765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707330A94117765.en.
  2. ^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.


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