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Genus of birds
Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species.[2][3] The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.[4]
Species
The genus contains four species:[5]
Male | Female | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Black-naped monarch | Hypothymis azurea | tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines | ||
Pale-blue monarch | Hypothymis puella | eastern Indonesia. | ||
Short-crested monarch | Hypothymis helenae | Philippines. | ||
Celestial monarch | Hypothymis coelestis | Philippines. |
References
- ^ "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 1826. Col 973.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 472.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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