Shining flycatcher
| Shining flycatcher | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Myiagra |
| Species: | M. alecto |
| Binomial name | |
| Myiagra alecto (Temminck, 1827) | |
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The shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
Eight subspecies are recognized:[2]
- M. a. alecto - (Temminck, 1827): Found in northern and central Moluccas
- M. a. longirostris - (Mathews, 1928): Found on Tanimbar Islands
- M. a. rufolateralis - (Gray, GR, 1858): Found on the Aru Islands (south-west of New Guinea)
- M. a. chalybeocephala - (Lesson, R & Garnot, 1828): Found on the western Papuan islands, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago
- M. a. lucida - Gray, GR, 1858: Found on the eastern Papuan islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago
- M. a. manumudari - (Rothschild & Hartert, 1915): Found on Manam (off north-eastern New Guinea)
- M. a. melvillensis - (Mathews, 1912): Found in north-western and north-central Australia
- M. a. wardelli - (Mathews, 1911): Found in southern New Guinea, north-eastern and eastern Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Myiagra alecto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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