Kolombangara Monarch

SCI Name:  Symposiachrus browni
Protonym:  Monarcha (Piezorhynchus) browni Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1882) (1882), Pt4 p.711 Note
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Symposiachrus
Taxonomy Code:  kulmon1
Type Locality:  Marrabo = New Georgia.
Author:  Ramsay, EP
Publish Year:  1883
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

SYMPOSIACHRUS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Spectacled Monarch M. trivirgatus) Gr. συν sun, συμ sum  together; ποσις posis  husband; αχρως akhrōs  pallid; "Mélanornithés  ...  Symposiachrus, Bp., a pour type la trivirgata, qu'il était impossible de laisser parmi les Monarcha, car c'est un véritable Myagrien.  Par ces disjonctions il ne reste plus de Monarcha légitimes que le type du genre, Mon. carinata, Vig., et la Drimophila cinerascens, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854).  
Var. Symposiarchus (Gr. συμποσιον sumposion  drinking party, guest; αρχος arkhos  leader).
Synon. Heteranax, Lorimonarcha, Monarchalba, Penemonarcha, Piezormona.

browni / brownii
● Peter Brown (?or Bruun) (fl. 1790) Danish/Norwegian natural history painter and botanical illustrator (syn. Accipiter badius).
● Herbert Brown (1843-1913) US newspaper owner, Curator of University of Arizona Mineral Mus. 1893-1913 (syn. Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha).
● Wilmot Wood Brown, Jr. (?1868-1953) US field-naturalist, collector in Colombia, Panama and Mexico (subsp. Elaenia frantzii, syn. Grallaricula ferrugineipectus, subsp. Sicalis citrina, subsp. Spizella wortheni, Thryorchilus, syn. Vermivora crissalis, subsp. Vireo brevipennis).
● Revd. George Brown (1835-1917) Scottish missionary to Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Is., Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea (Reinwardtoena, Symposiachrus).
● Robert Brown (1773-1858) Scottish naturalist, botanist, collector in Australia 1801-1803 (syn. Malurus melanocephalus, syn. Platycercus caledonicus, syn. Platycercus venustus, syn. Pomatostomus temporalis rubeculus (OD per Björn Bergenholtz)).
● Edward Johnson Brown (1866-1934) US field-ornithologist, collector (subsp. Sternula antillarum).

SUBSPECIES

Kolombangara Monarch (browni)
SCI Name: Symposiachrus browni browni
browni / brownii
● Peter Brown (?or Bruun) (fl. 1790) Danish/Norwegian natural history painter and botanical illustrator (syn. Accipiter badius).
● Herbert Brown (1843-1913) US newspaper owner, Curator of University of Arizona Mineral Mus. 1893-1913 (syn. Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha).
● Wilmot Wood Brown, Jr. (?1868-1953) US field-naturalist, collector in Colombia, Panama and Mexico (subsp. Elaenia frantzii, syn. Grallaricula ferrugineipectus, subsp. Sicalis citrina, subsp. Spizella wortheni, Thryorchilus, syn. Vermivora crissalis, subsp. Vireo brevipennis).
● Revd. George Brown (1835-1917) Scottish missionary to Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Is., Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea (Reinwardtoena, Symposiachrus).
● Robert Brown (1773-1858) Scottish naturalist, botanist, collector in Australia 1801-1803 (syn. Malurus melanocephalus, syn. Platycercus caledonicus, syn. Platycercus venustus, syn. Pomatostomus temporalis rubeculus (OD per Björn Bergenholtz)).
● Edward Johnson Brown (1866-1934) US field-ornithologist, collector (subsp. Sternula antillarum).

Kolombangara Monarch (ganongae)
SCI Name: Symposiachrus browni ganongae
ganongae
Ganonga I. (= Ghanongga), Solomon Is.

Kolombangara Monarch (nigrotectus)
SCI Name: Symposiachrus browni nigrotectus
nigrotecta / nigrotectus
L. niger black; tectus covered, concealed < tegere to cover.

Kolombangara Monarch (meeki)
SCI Name: Symposiachrus browni meeki
meeki / meekiana
Albert Stewart Meek (1871-1943) English explorer, collector in New Guinea, Melanesia and Australia (syn. Amaurornis cinerea, subsp. Cacomantis flabelliformis, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus schlegelii, Ceyx, Charmosyna, syn. Coracina papuensis angustifrons, Corvus, subsp. Dicrurus bracteatus, subsp. Edolisoma melas, Erythropitta, subsp. Loriculus aurantiifrons, subsp. Macropygia amboinensis, subsp. Melanocharis versteri, subsp. Melanorectes nigrescens, ‡Microgoura, Micropsitta, syn. Myzomela obscura fumata, Ninox, subsp. Oedistoma pygmaeum, subsp. Pachycephala leucogastra, subsp. Parotia carolae, subsp. Podargus ocellatus, syn. Psittaculirostris desmarestii godmani, Ptiloprora, subsp. Sericornis papuensis, subsp. Syma torotoro, subsp. Symposiachrus browni, subsp. Tyto alba, Zosterops).