White-tipped monarch

White-tipped monarch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Symposiachrus
Species: S. everetti
Binomial name
Symposiachrus everetti
Hartert, 1896
Synonyms

Monarcha everetti

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

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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 forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.


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