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Mayrornis, the Glossary

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Mayrornis is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 13 relations: Alexander Wetmore, Bird, Ernst Mayr, Fiji, Greek language, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Monarch flycatcher, Ogea monarch, Ornithology, Slaty monarch, Solomon Islands, Systematics, Vanikoro monarch.

  2. Taxa named by Alexander Wetmore

Alexander Wetmore

Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Ernst Mayr

Ernst Walter Mayr (5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was a German-American evolutionary biologist.

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Fiji

Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.

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Monarch flycatcher

The monarchs (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and magpie-larks.

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Ogea monarch

The Ogea monarch or versicolored monarch (Mayrornis versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Mayrornis and Ogea monarch are Monarchidae stubs.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Slaty monarch

The slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Fiji. Mayrornis and slaty monarch are Monarchidae stubs.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.

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Systematics

Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time.

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Vanikoro monarch

The Vanikoro monarch (Mayrornis schistaceus) is a species of bird in the monarch family endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands. Mayrornis and Vanikoro monarch are Monarchidae stubs.

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See also

Taxa named by Alexander Wetmore

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayrornis