Pale-blue Monarch
Hypothymis puella(Wallace, AR, 1863)
English (US) Pale-blue Monarch
The Pale-blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Hypothymis puella
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale-blue Monarch
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Hypothymis puella puella
- Hypothymis puella blasii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Myiagra puella
- Described by
- (Wallace, AR, 1863)
- Type locality
- Sula Islands and Celebes. Type from Menado ( = Manado), northern Celebes, fide Oberholser, 1911, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 39, p. 591.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862, pt.3 p.340-341
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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