Kolombangara monarch

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Kolombangara monarch
Illustration by William Matthew Hart

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. browni
Binomial name
Symposiachrus browni
(Ramsay, 1883)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Monarcha browni
  • Monarcha kulambangrae
  • Symposiarchus browni

The Kolombangara monarch (Symposiachrus browni), or Brown's monarch, is a species of

habitat loss
.

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was originally placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2]

Subspecies

There are four subspecies recognized:[3]

  • S. b. browni - (Ramsay, 1883): Found on Kolombangara, New Georgia, Vangunu and nearby islands
  • S. b. ganongae - (
    Ranongga Island
  • S. b. nigrotectus - (Hartert, 1908): Originally described as a subspecies of the Solomons monarch and subsequently as a separate species in the genus Monarcha. Found on Vella Lavella
  • S. b. meeki - (
    Tetepare
    Islands

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707326A94117538.en
    . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  3. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4
    .
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