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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| name = Chuuk Monarch
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| name = Chuuk monarch
| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.136546 2 - Metabolus rugensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) - Monarchidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
| status = EN
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Metabolus rugensis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22707227A94111958 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707227A94111958.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| genus = Metabolus
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
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| species = rugensis
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
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| authority = ([[Jacques Bernard Hombron|Hombron]] & [[Honoré Jacquinot|Jacquinot]], 1841)
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| synonyms = *''Muscicapa Rugensis'' <small>Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841</small>
| familia = [[Monarchidae]]
| genus = '''''Metabolus'''''
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{avibase|5159D2D49E00D500|''Metabolus rugensis''}}</ref>
| genus_authority =
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| species = '''''M. rugensis'''''
| binomial = ''Metabolus rugensis''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Jacques Bernard Hombron|Hombron]] & [[Honoré Jacquinot|Jacquinot]], 1841)
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The '''Chuuk Monarch''', or '''Truk Monarch''' (''Metabolus rugensis'') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Monarchidae]] family. It is [[monotypic]] within the genus '''''Metabolus'''''.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Chuuk]] in [[Micronesia]].
The '''Chuuk monarch''' ('''''Metabolus rugensis'''''), or '''Truk monarch''', is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Monarchidae]]. It is [[monotypic]] within the genus ''[[Metabolus]]''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Andy Purvis |editor2=John L. Gittleman |editor3=Thomas Brooks |year=2005 |title=Phylogeny and Conservation |volume=8 |series=Conservation Biology |chapter=Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history |pages=267–294 |author=Thomas M. Brooks |author2=John D. Pilgrim |author3=Ana S. L. Rodrigues |author4=Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca |name-list-style=amp |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-82502-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W_TN0790vEC&pg=PA292}}</ref> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Chuuk State|Chuuk]] in [[Micronesia]].


==Taxonomy and systematics==
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The Chuuk Monarch is a large monarch flycatcher, around 20&nbsp;cm long. The [[plumage]] of this species is [[sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]], with the male having almost entirely white plumage with a black face and throat and the female having entirely black plumage. The large bill is pale blue.
The Chuuk monarch was originally described as belonging to the genus ''[[Muscicapa]]''.


==Description==
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Its natural [[habitat]]s are subtropical or tropical dry [[forest]]s, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist [[montane]] forests, subtropical or tropical moist [[shrubland]], and [[plantation]]s . It is threatened by [[habitat loss]], with the development of the island and the loss of its forest home.
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The Chuuk monarch is a large monarch flycatcher, around 20&nbsp;cm long. The [[plumage]] of this species is [[sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]], with the male having almost entirely white plumage with a black face and throat and the female having entirely black plumage. The large bill is pale blue.

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Truk2.png|left|thumb|The range of the Chuuk monarch, which is endemic to Chuuk Island]]
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The natural [[habitat]]s of the Chuuk monarch are subtropical or tropical dry [[forest]]s, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s, subtropical or tropical moist [[shrubland]], and [[plantation]]s.

==Threats==
It is threatened by [[habitat loss]], with the development of the island and the loss of its forest home.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/13256/all ''Metabolus rugensis'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6089&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6089&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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[[Category:Taxa named by Honoré Jacquinot|Chuuk monarch]]
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 7 May 2024

Chuuk monarch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Metabolus
Species:
M. rugensis
Binomial name
Metabolus rugensis
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Synonyms[2]
  • Muscicapa Rugensis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841

The Chuuk monarch (Metabolus rugensis), or Truk monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is monotypic within the genus Metabolus.[3] It is endemic to the island of Chuuk in Micronesia.

Taxonomy and systematics

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The Chuuk monarch was originally described as belonging to the genus Muscicapa.

Description

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The Chuuk monarch is a large monarch flycatcher, around 20 cm long. The plumage of this species is sexually dimorphic, with the male having almost entirely white plumage with a black face and throat and the female having entirely black plumage. The large bill is pale blue.

Distribution and habitat

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The range of the Chuuk monarch, which is endemic to Chuuk Island

The natural habitats of the Chuuk monarch are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations.

Threats

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It is threatened by habitat loss, with the development of the island and the loss of its forest home.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Metabolus rugensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707227A94111958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707227A94111958.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Metabolus rugensis". Avibase.
  3. ^ Thomas M. Brooks; John D. Pilgrim; Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis; John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks (eds.). Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. Vol. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 978-0-521-82502-3.
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