Fiji shrikebill
| Fiji shrikebill | |
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| Fig. 1 Plate from Haulaub and Finsch Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens.Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa und Tonga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Clytorhynchus |
| Species: | C. vitiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Clytorhynchus vitiensis (Hartlaub, 1866) | |
| Subspecies | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pinarolestes vitiensis | |
The Fiji shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis) is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. The Manu'a shrikebill, subspecies powelli (which may well be a distinct species) may have gone extinct in the 1990 due to habitat destruction. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Subspecies
Twelve subspecies are recognized:[2]
- C. v. wiglesworthi - Mayr, 1933: Found on Rotuma Island (northern Fiji)
- C. v. brunneus - (Ramsay, EP, 1875): Found on Kadavu, Ono and Vanua Kula (south-western Fiji)
- C. v. buensis - (Layard, EL, 1876): Found on Vana Levu and Kioa (northern Fiji)
- C. v. vitiensis - (Hartlaub, 1866): Found in western Fiji
- C. v. layardi - Mayr, 1933: Found on Taveuni (central Fiji)
- C. v. pontifex - Mayr, 1933: Found on Qamea and Rabi (northern Fiji)
- C. v. vatuanus - Mayr, 1933: Found on northern Lau Islands (eastern Fiji)
- C. v. nesiotes - (Wetmore, 1919): Found on southern Lau Islands (eastern Fiji)
- C. v. fortunae - (Layard, EL, 1876): Found on Futuna and Alofi (north-east of Fiji)
- C. v. heinei - (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870): Found on central Tonga Islands
- C. v. keppeli - Mayr, 1933: Found on Niuatoputapu and Tafahi (northern Tonga)
- C. v. powelli - (Salvin, 1879): Found on Samoa. This is the Manu’a Shrikebill.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Clytorhynchus vitiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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