Velvet flycatcher
| Velvet flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Myiagra |
| Species: | M. eichhorni
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| Binomial name | |
| Myiagra eichhorni (Hartert, 1924)
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The velvet flycatcher (Myiagra eichhorni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to New Hanover, New Ireland & New Britain.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy
[edit]The velvet flycatcher was formally described in 1924 by the German orthithologist Ernst Hartert based on a specimen that had been collected on the island of New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago by the Australian farmer Albert Frederic Eichhorn (1882-1931). Hartert considered the specimen to represent a subspecies of the Mussau flycatcher which he placed in the genus Monarcha and coined the trinomial name Monarcha hebetior eichhorni.[2][3][4] The velvet flycatcher is now one of around 20 species placed in the genus Myiagra that was introduced in 1827 by Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield.[5]
Two subspecies are recognised:
- M. e. eichhorni (Hartert, EJO, 1924) – New Hanover (=New Hanover Island), New Ireland, New Britain and Watom (north of northeast New Britain) (east Bismarck Archipelago)
- M. e. cervinicolor (Salomonsen, 1964) – Dyaul Island (south of northwest New Ireland, northeast Bismarck Archipelago)
The subspecies M. e. cervinicolor has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Dyaul flycatcher.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Myiagra eichhorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103711426A112351876. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103711426A112351876.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Hartert, Ernst (1924). "The birds of St. Mattias Island collected by A.F. Eichhorn". Novitates Zoologicae. 31: 261-275 [271].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 525.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "eichhorni". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Monarchs". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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