Frilled monarch

Frilled monarch
Illustration by John Gould and W. Hart
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Arses
Species:
A. telescopthalmus
Binomial name
Arses telescopthalmus
(Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms
  • Arses telescophthalmus
  • Muscicapa telescopthalmus

The frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. As currently defined, its range is restricted to forest on New Guinea and nearby smaller islands, but historically it has included some or all of the remaining members of the genus Arses as subspecies.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.