Manus monarch

Manus monarch
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Symposiachrus
Species:	S. infelix
Binomial name
	Symposiachrus infelix; (P.L. Sclater, 1877)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Monarcha infelix

The Manus monarch (Symposiachrus infelix) is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Symposiachrus in 2009.^[2]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies recognized:^[3]

S. i. infelix - (P.L. Sclater, 1877): found on Manus Island
S. i. coultasi - (Mayr, 1955): found on Rambutyo and Tong Islands

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

[3] "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

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