Buff-bellied monarch
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Species of bird
| Buff-bellied monarch | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Neolalage Mathews, 1928 |
| Species: | N. banksiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolalage banksiana (G.R. Gray, 1870)
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The buff-bellied monarch (Neolalage banksiana) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is monotypic within the genus Neolalage.[2] It is endemic to Vanuatu, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The buff-bellied monarch was originally described in the genus Lalage . Alternate names include Banksian monarch, buff-bellied flycatcher, New Hebrides flycatcher, New Hebrides monarch, Pacific monarch (a name shared with the pale-blue monarch) and Vanuatu flycatcher.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Neolalage banksiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22707210A94111283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707210A94111283.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Neolalage". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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