White-tipped monarch

The white-tipped monarch (Symposiachrus everetti) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

White-tipped monarch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. everetti
Binomial name
Symposiachrus everetti
Hartert, 1896
Synonyms
  • Monarcha everetti
  • Monarcha leucurus everetti
  • Symposiarchus everetti

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was originally described in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2] Alternate names include Djampea monarch and Everett's monarch. Some authorities have considered the white-tipped monarch to be a subspecies of the white-tailed monarch.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Indonesia's Tanah Jampea, the second largest of the Selayar Islands group in the Flores Sea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Symposiachrus everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22707288A110167398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22707288A110167398.en.
  2. "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.


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