The Louisiade monarch (Symposiachrus melanopterus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is found in the Louisiade Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
| Louisiade monarch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Symposiachrus |
| Species: | S. melanopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Symposiachrus melanopterus (GR Gray, 1858)
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Taxonomy and systematics edit
The species was originally described as a species by George Robert Gray as Monarcha melanoptera,[1] later as a subspecies of the spectacled monarch.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Proc.Zool.Soc.London" 26 p. 178
- ^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v12.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1
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