Monarchs

Monarchs
Elepaio ( Chasiempis sandwichensis )
Systematics
Subclass : New-jawed birds (Neognathae) Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) without rank: Eupasseres Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) Superfamily : Corvoidea Family : Monarchs
Scientific name
Monarchidae
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

Australkrausen monarch ( Arses lorealis )

Masked monarch ( Monarcha melanopsis )

White-throated monarch ( Myiagra inquieta )

Silver monarch ( Myiagra rubecula )

Asiatic paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone paradisi )

Madagascar paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone mutata )

Seychelles paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone corvina )

Gray-breasted paradise flycatcher ( Terpsiphone viridis )

• Arses
  • Australkrausen monarch ( Arses lorealis )
  • Magpie Monarch ( Arses kaupi )
  • Frill monarch ( Arses telescophthalmus )
  • Red-necked monarch ( Arses insularis )
• Chasiempis
  • Elepaio ( Chasiempis sandwichensis )
• Strangler Monarchs ( Clytorhynchus )
  • Fiji strangler monarch ( Clytorhynchus vitiensis )
  • Hebridean Shrike Monarch ( Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides )
  • Rennell shrike monarch ( Clytorhynchus hamlini )
  • Black-throated shrike monarch ( Clytorhynchus nigrogularis )
• Elminia
  • Mountain hood flycatcher ( Elminia albonotata )
  • Turquoise Elminia ( Elminia longicauda )
  • White-tailed miniature ( Elminia albicauda )
  • White-bellied crested flycatcher ( Elminia albiventris )
• Spreader Tails ( Erythrocercus )
  • Yellow-bellied splay-tail ( Erythrocercus livingstonei )
  • Golden-backed splaytail ( Erythrocercus holochlorus )
  • Red cap splaytail ( Erythrocercus mccallii )
• Eutrichomyias
  • Silver flycatcher ( Eutrichomyias rowleyi )
• Hypothymis
  • Helen's Flycatcher ( Hypothymis helenae )
  • Himmelsschnäpper ( Hypothymis coelestis )
  • Black- nosed Flycatcher ( Hypothymis azurea )
• Flat beak ( Machaerirhynchus )
  • Breast spot flat beak ( Machaerirhynchus nigripectus )
  • Yellow-bellied flat-beak ( Machaerirhynchus flaviventer )
• Mayornis
  • Rostbrust-Monarch ( Mayrornis versicolor )
  • Black-tailed monarch ( Mayrornis lessoni )
  • Vanikoro Monarch ( Mayrornis schistaceus )
• Metabolus
  • Trukmonarch ( Metabolus rugensis )
• 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 )
• Carteronis
  • Gold monarch ( Carteronis chrysomela )
  • White-eared monarch ( Carteronis leucotis )
  • White-necked monarch ( Carteronis pileatus )
• 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 )
• Grallina
  • Stilt Monarch ( Grallina cyanoleuca )
  • Bach monarch ( Grallina bruijnii )
• Neolalage
  • Harlequin monarch ( Neolalage banksiana )
• 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 )
• 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 ( Terpsiphone atrocaudata )
  • 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 )
• Trochocercus
  • Blue- coat crested flycatcher ( Trochocercus cyanomelas )
  • Gloss crested flycatcher ( Trochocercus nitens )

literature

• Joseph Forshaw (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Birds. 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1557-4 .

Web links

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