Monarchs
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Bonaparte , 1854 |
The monarchs (Monarchidae) are a family in the order of the passerine birds (Passeriformes).
Monarchs are common in Africa , sub-Saharan Africa , Madagascar , Australia , Tasmania , New Guinea , South Asia, and Polynesia . Many species have a hood. On their flat beaks, a kind of basket for insects is formed by strong bristles on each side of the base of the beak.
Genera and species
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Australkrausen monarch ( Arses lorealis )
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Blackfacedmonarch.jpg/220px-Blackfacedmonarch.jpg)
Masked monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis )
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Restless_flycatcher04.jpg/220px-Restless_flycatcher04.jpg)
White-throated monarch ( Myiagra inquieta )
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Silver monarch ( Myiagra rubecula )
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Asiatic paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone paradisi )
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Terpsiphone_mutata_2.jpg/220px-Terpsiphone_mutata_2.jpg)
Madagascar paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone mutata )
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Seychelles_Paradise-flycatcher.jpg/220px-Seychelles_Paradise-flycatcher.jpg)
Seychelles paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone corvina )
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/African_Paradise_Flycatcher_%28Terpsiphone_viridis%29_in_a_tree.jpg/220px-African_Paradise_Flycatcher_%28Terpsiphone_viridis%29_in_a_tree.jpg)
Gray-breasted paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone viridis )
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Arses
- Australkrausen monarch ( Arses lorealis )
- Magpie Monarch ( Arses kaupi )
- Frill monarch ( Arses telescophthalmus )
- Red-necked monarch ( Arses insularis )
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Chasiempis
- Elepaio ( Chasiempis sandwichensis )
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Strangler Monarchs ( Clytorhynchus )
- Fiji strangler monarch ( Clytorhynchus vitiensis )
- Hebridean Shrike Monarch ( Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides )
- Rennell shrike monarch ( Clytorhynchus hamlini )
- Black-throated shrike monarch ( Clytorhynchus nigrogularis )
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Elminia
- Mountain hood flycatcher ( Elminia albonotata )
- Turquoise Elminia ( Elminia longicauda )
- White-tailed miniature ( Elminia albicauda )
- White-bellied crested flycatcher ( Elminia albiventris )
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Spreader Tails ( Erythrocercus )
- Yellow-bellied splay-tail ( Erythrocercus livingstonei )
- Golden-backed splaytail ( Erythrocercus holochlorus )
- Red cap splaytail ( Erythrocercus mccallii )
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Eutrichomyias
- Silver flycatcher ( Eutrichomyias rowleyi )
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Hypothymis
- Helen's Flycatcher ( Hypothymis helenae )
- Himmelsschnäpper ( Hypothymis coelestis )
- Black- nosed Flycatcher ( Hypothymis azurea )
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Flat beak ( Machaerirhynchus )
- Breast spot flat beak ( Machaerirhynchus nigripectus )
- Yellow-bellied flat-beak ( Machaerirhynchus flaviventer )
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Mayornis
- Rostbrust-Monarch ( Mayrornis versicolor )
- Black-tailed monarch ( Mayrornis lessoni )
- Vanikoro Monarch ( Mayrornis schistaceus )
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Metabolus
- Trukmonarch ( Metabolus rugensis )
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Monarcha
- Boano monarch ( Monarcha boanensis )
- Bougainvillea monarch ( Monarcha erythrostictus )
- Spectacles Monarch ( Monarcha trivirgatus )
- Buru monarch ( Monarcha loricatus )
- Everett Monarch ( Monarcha everetti )
- Fan-tailed monarch ( Monarcha axillaris )
- Blacktail Monarch ( Monarcha brehmii )
- Flores Monarch ( Monarcha sacerdotum )
- Fox monarch ( Monarcha rubiensis )
- Gray-headed monarch ( Monarcha cinerascens )
- Julianamonarch ( Monarcha julianae )
- Monarcha castus
- Masked monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis )
- Pearl wing monarch ( Monarcha guttula )
- Richard Monarch ( Monarcha richardsii )
- Solomon Monarch ( Monarcha browni )
- Silver-tailed monarch ( Monarcha infelix )
- Shed monarch ( Monarcha vidua )
- Blackwing Monarch ( Monarcha frater )
- Black-backed monarch ( Monarcha castaneiventris )
- Forehead monarch ( Monarcha verticalis )
- Tenimber monarch ( Monarcha mundus )
- Tinian monarch ( Monarcha takatsukasae )
- Whitebeard Monarch ( Monarcha barbatus )
- White-backed monarch ( Monarcha menckei )
- White-tailed monarch ( Monarcha leucurus )
- Yapmonarch ( Monarcha godeffroyi )
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Carteronis
- Gold monarch ( Carteronis chrysomela )
- White-eared monarch ( Carteronis leucotis )
- White-necked monarch ( Carteronis pileatus )
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Myiagra
- Broad-billed monarch ( Myiagra ruficollis )
- Carolinen Monarch ( Myiagra oceanica )
- Squirrel monarch ( Myiagra hebetior )
- Geelvink Monarch ( Myiagra atra )
- Luster Monarch ( Myiagra alecto )
- Guam Monarch ( Myiagra freycineti )
- Hybrid monarch ( Myiagra caledonica )
- Palaumonarch ( Myiagra erythrops )
- Pohnpeimonarch ( Myiagra pluto )
- Moluccan monarch ( Myiagra galeata )
- Red-bellied monarch ( Myiagra vanikorensis )
- Samoamonarch ( Myiagra albiventris )
- San Cristobal Monarch ( Myiagra cervinicauda )
- Jewelry monarch ( Myiagra azureocapilla )
- Silk monarch ( Myiagra cyanoleuca )
- Silver monarch ( Myiagra rubecula )
- Steel monarch ( Myiagra ferrocyanea )
- White-throated monarch ( Myiagra inquieta )
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Grallina
- Stilt Monarch ( Grallina cyanoleuca )
- Bach monarch ( Grallina bruijnii )
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Neolalage
- Harlequin monarch ( Neolalage banksiana )
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Pomarea
- Eiao spot monarch ( Pomarea fluxa )
- Fatuhivamonarch ( Pomarea whitneyi )
- Iphis flycatcher ( Pomarea iphis )
- Marquesas Monarch ( Pomarea mendozae )
- Nuku-Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea nukuhivae )
- Rarotonga Monarch ( Pomarea dimidiata )
- Tahitian monarch ( Pomarea nigra )
- Maupiti monarch ( Pomarea maupitiensis )
- Ua-pou monarch ( Pomarea mira )
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Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone )
- Bedford's paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone bedfordi )
- Asiatic paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone paradisi )
- Gray-breasted paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone viridis )
- Cobalt paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone cyanescens )
- Madagascar paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone mutata )
- Mascarene's paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone bourbonnensis )
- Prince's Paradise Flycatcher (
- Roststiss paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone rufocinerea )
- Senegal Paradise Flycatcher ( Terpsiphone rufiventer )
- Seychelles paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone corvina )
- Steel paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone atrochalybeia )
- Cinnamon paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone cinnamomea )
literature
- Joseph Forshaw (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Birds. 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1557-4 .
Web links
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