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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]
Black monarch | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Symposiachrus |
Species: | S. axillaris |
Binomial name | |
Symposiachrus axillaris (Salvadori, 1876) | |
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This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2] Alternate names include the black monarch flycatcher, fantail monarch and fantailed monarch.
There are two subspecies recognized:[3]
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