| Hypothymis | |
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| Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Hypothymis F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa caerulea1 Gmelin, 1788
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Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species.23 The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.4
Species
The genus contains four species:5
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Black-naped monarch | Hypothymis azurea | tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines |
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Pale-blue monarch | Hypothymis puella | eastern Indonesia. |
| Short-crested monarch | Hypothymis helenae | Philippines. | ||
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Celestial monarch | Hypothymis coelestis | Philippines. |
References
References
- "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht". Isis von Oken (in German). 1826. Col 973.
- Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 472.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 August 2019.