Frill-necked Monarch

SCI Name:  Arses lorealis
Protonym:  Arses lorealis Proc.Linn.Soc.NewS.Wales (2) 10 p. 171
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Arses
Taxonomy Code:  frnmon1
Type Locality:  Cape York.
Author:  De Vis
Publish Year:  1895
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ARSES
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Frilled Monarch A. telescophthalmus) Arses was the personal name of two ancient kings of Persia; Arses Artaxerxes I (reigned 465-424 BC) believed by some authorities to be King Ahasuerus of Biblical fame, and Arses Artaxerxes IV (reigned 338-336 BC) poisoned after a reign of only three years; "XI.^e Sous-genre. ARSÈS; Arses.  Bec médiocre, crochu, comprimé, peu large; ailes amples, alongées; queue étalée, un peu élargie; tarses courts, peu robustes.    39.º Muscicapa telescopthalma, Less., Zool. de la Coq., pl. 18, fig. 1. De la Nouvelle-Guinée.    40.º Muscicapa chrysomelas, Less., Zool. de la Coq., pl. 18, fig. 2. De la Nouvelle-Irlande.    41.º Muscicapa nigrorufa, Cuv., Levaill. Surinam.    42.º Muscicapa melanoptera, Gm.; Enl., 567, fig. 2. Du Sénégal." (Lesson 1830); "Arses Lesson, ?1830, Traité Ornith., livr. 5, p. 387. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 31), Arses telescophthalma Lesson = Muscicapa telescophthalmus Garnot." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 514).  A typically regal epithet for the Frilled Monarch, parallelling those given to the Monarcha flycatchers and to the American kingbirds Tyrannus.
Synon. Ophryzone, Proseisura.

lorealis
Mod. L. lorealis  of the lores, loreal  < loris  lores  < L. lorum, lori  strap, bridle  < Gr. λωρος lōros  thong.