Biology:Hypothymis

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Short description: Genus of birds


Hypothymis
Black-Naped Monarch Flycatcher male.jpg
Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Hypothymis
F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Muscicapa caerulea[1]
Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms
  • Camiguinia
  • Cyanomyas
  • Cyanomyias

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
Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan.jpg 120px Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
Hypothymis puella puella.jpg 120px Pale-blue monarch Hypothymis puella eastern Indonesia.
Short-crested monarch Hypothymis helenae Philippines.
Celestial Monarch Male.jpg Celestial monarch Hypothymis coelestis Philippines.

References

  1. "Monarchidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=150. 
  2. Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht" (in de). Isis von Oken: Col 973. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27511178. 
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 472. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14484173. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/monarchs/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1056852 entry