Biology:Arses (bird)

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Short description: Genus of birds

Arses
Frill-necked Monarch (Arses lorealis) close-up.jpg
Frill-necked monarch, Arses lorealis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Arses
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Muscicapa telescophthalmus[1]
Lesson & Garnot, 1827
Species

see text

Arses is a genus of monarch flycatchers in the family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to forest and second growth on the island of New Guinea, a few surrounding islands and northern Queensland, Australia. The genus is separated by their frilled necks, fleshy blue eye wattles and delicate pendent nests. They also have a distinctive foraging technique, hopping up tree trunks in a spiral fashion.

Taxonomy

The genus Arses was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.[3] The genus name is from the Persian king Arses who ruled from 338 until 336 BC.[4]

The genus contains four species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Ochre-collared monarch Arses insularis northern New Guinea.
Frilled monarch Arses telescopthalmus New Guinea
Frill-necked monarch iron08.JPG Frill-necked monarch Arses lorealis northern Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
Arses kaupi -Australia-8.jpg Pied monarch Arses kaupi Queensland in Australia.

References

  • Clement, P (2006) Family Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers); in del Hoyo J, Elliott A & Christie D eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol 11 Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barecelona. ISBN:978-84-96553-06-4

Wikidata ☰ Q777962 entry