White-breasted Monarch / Symposiachrus menckei
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White-breasted Monarch
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Protonym: Monarcha menckei J.Orn. 50 p.450
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Symposiachrus
Taxonomy Code: whbmon1
Type Locality: St. Matthias (Mussau) Island.
Author: Heinroth
Publish Year: 1902
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.
menckei
Bruno Mencke (1876-1901) German zoologist, leader and financier of the First German South Seas Expedition 1900-1901 (Symposiachrus).
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)
