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Tanahjampea monarch

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Tanahjampea monarch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species:
S. everetti
Binomial name
Symposiachrus everetti
(Hartert, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Monarcha everetti
  • Monarcha leucurus everetti
  • Symposiarchus everetti

The Tanahjampea monarch or white-tipped monarch (Symposiachrus everetti) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

Taxonomy and systematics

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This species was originally described in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[2] Alternate names include Djampea monarch and Everett's monarch. Some authorities have considered the Tanahjampea monarch to be a subspecies of the Kai monarch.

Distribution and habitat

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It is endemic to Indonesia's Tanah Jampea, the second largest of the Selayar Islands group in the Flores Sea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Symposiachrus everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22707288A110167398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22707288A110167398.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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