Rufous Monarch
Symposiachrus rubiensis(Meyer, AB, 1874)
English (US) Rufous Monarch
The Rufous Monarch (Symposiachrus rubiensis) 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.
Range: lowlands of western New Guinea (absent from Bird's Head Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Symposiachrus rubiensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous Monarch
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tchitrea rubiensis
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1874)
- Type locality
- Rubi, head of Geelvink Bay, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 p.494
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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