Pied Monarch / Arses kaupi
Pied Monarch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Arses kaupi BirdsAustr.Supp. Suppl. pl.,text
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Arses
Taxonomy Code: piemon1
Type Locality: north coast of Australia = Cairns, Queensland, fide Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p. 323.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1851
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.
kaupi
Dr Johann Jacob Kaup (1803-1873) German zoologist, systematist (Arses, syn. Casuarius bennetti, syn. Casuarius unappendiculatus, syn. Leucopternis kuhli, syn. Veniliornis lignarius).
SUBSPECIES
Pied Monarch (terraereginae)
SCI Name: Arses kaupi terraereginae
terraereginae
L. terra land; regina queen < rex, regis king < regere to rule; i.e. Queensland, Australia.
Pied Monarch (kaupi)
SCI Name: Arses kaupi kaupi
kaupi
Dr Johann Jacob Kaup (1803-1873) German zoologist, systematist (Arses, syn. Casuarius bennetti, syn. Casuarius unappendiculatus, syn. Leucopternis kuhli, syn. Veniliornis lignarius).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)