Monarch flycatcher, the Glossary

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1. 62 relations: African paradise flycatcher, Apostlebird, Arses (bird), Australian mudnester, Beak, Bird migration, Bird nest, Black monarch, Black paradise flycatcher, Buff-bellied monarch, Carterornis, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Charles Sibley, Chuuk Lagoon, Chuuk monarch, DNA–DNA hybridization, Drongo, Ernst Mayr, ʻElepaio, Fantail, Golden monarch, Grallina, Hawaii, Hawking (birds), Hypothymis, Insectivore, Jon E. Ahlquist, Leaden flycatcher, Lesser Sunda Islands, Magpie-lark, Malagasy paradise flycatcher, Marquesas Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mascarene paradise flycatcher, Mayrornis, Melanesia, Micronesia, Monarcha, Monogamy, Myiagra, New Guinea, Noisy friarbird, Paperbark flycatcher, Paradise flycatcher, Paraphyly, Passerine, Plumage, Polynesia, Pomarea, Satin flycatcher, ... Expand index (12 more) »

2. Monarchidae

African paradise flycatcher

The African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird.

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Apostlebird

The apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea), also known as the grey jumper, lousy jack or happy family, is a quick-moving, gray or black bird about 33 cm (13 in) long.

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Arses (bird)

Arses is a genus of monarch flycatchers in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Arses (bird) are Monarchidae.

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Australian mudnester

Corcoracidae is a family of passerine birds known as the Australian mudnesters.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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Bird nest

A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.

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Black monarch

The black monarch (Symposiachrus axillaris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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Black paradise flycatcher

The black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird native to southeastern Asia.

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Buff-bellied monarch

The buff-bellied monarch (Neolalage banksiana) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and buff-bellied monarch are Monarchidae.

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Carterornis

Carterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia. Monarch flycatcher and Carterornis are Monarchidae.

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Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon.

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Charles Sibley

Charles Gald Sibley (August 7, 1917 – April 12, 1998) was an American ornithologist and molecular biologist.

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Chuuk Lagoon

Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific.

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Chuuk monarch

The Chuuk monarch (Metabolus rugensis), or Truk monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Chuuk monarch are Monarchidae.

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DNA–DNA hybridization

In genomics, DNA–DNA hybridization is a molecular biology technique that measures the degree of genetic similarity between DNA sequences.

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Drongo

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics.

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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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ʻElepaio

The elepaio are three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis. Monarch flycatcher and ʻElepaio are Monarchidae.

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Fantail

Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

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Golden monarch

The golden monarch (Carterornis chrysomela) is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae found in New Guinea.

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Grallina

Grallina is a genus of passerine bird native to Australia and New Guinea. Monarch flycatcher and Grallina are Monarchidae.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hawking (birds)

Hawking is a feeding strategy in birds involving catching flying insects in the air.

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Hypothymis

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Hypothymis are Monarchidae.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.

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Jon E. Ahlquist

Jon Edward Ahlquist (27 July 1944 –7 May 2020) was an American molecular biologist and ornithologist who has specialized in molecular phylogenetics.

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Leaden flycatcher

The leaden flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae.

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Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetun: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá; Balinese: Kapuloan Sunda cénik), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in Indonesian archipelago.

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Magpie-lark

The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea.

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Malagasy paradise flycatcher

The Malagasy paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te HenuaEnana (North Marquesan) and Te FenuaEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Mascarene Islands

The Mascarene Islands or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of La Réunion.

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Mascarene paradise flycatcher

The Mascarene paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone bourbonnensis) is a species of bird in the monarch-flycatcher family Monarchidae.

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Mayrornis

Mayrornis is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji. Monarch flycatcher and Mayrornis are Monarchidae.

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Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Micronesia

Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Monarcha

Monarcha is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Monarcha are Monarchidae.

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Monogamy

Monogamy is a relationship of two individuals in which they form an exclusive intimate partnership.

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Myiagra

Myiagra is a genus of passerine birds in the family Monarchidae, the monarch flycatchers, native to Australasia, sometimes referred to as the broad-billed flycatchers or simply broadbills. Monarch flycatcher and Myiagra are Monarchidae.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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Noisy friarbird

The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia.

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Paperbark flycatcher

The paperbark flycatcher (Myiagra nana), also known as the little restless flycatcher, is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae.

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Paradise flycatcher

The paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone) are a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

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Paraphyly

Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Plumage

Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.

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Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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Pomarea

Pomarea is a genus of birds in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Pomarea are Monarchidae and taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

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Satin flycatcher

The satin flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.

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Seychelles

Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles (République des Seychelles; Seychellois Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean.

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Shrikebill

The shrikebills are the monarch flycatcher genus Clytorhynchus.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Symposiachrus

Symposiachrus is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Symposiachrus are Monarchidae and taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Tahiti monarch

The Tahiti monarch (Pomarea nigra), or Tahiti flycatcher, is a rare species of bird in the monarch flycatcher family.

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Territory (animal)

In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.

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Torrent-lark

The torrent-lark (Grallina bruijnii) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae found on New Guinea.

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Trochocercus

Trochocercus is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. Monarch flycatcher and Trochocercus are Monarchidae.

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Vanuatu

Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu (République de Vanuatu; Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country in Melanesia, located in the South Pacific Ocean.

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White-winged chough

The white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) is one of only two surviving members of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax.

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See also

Monarchidae

• Arses (bird)
• Black-faced monarch
• Buff-bellied monarch
• Carterornis
• Chasiempis
• Chuuk monarch
• Clytorhynchus
• Erythrocercus
• Grallina
• Hypothymis
• Machaerirhynchus
• Mayrornis
• Metabolus
• Monarch flycatcher
• Monarcha
• Myiagra
• Pomarea
• Symposiachrus
• Terpsiphone
• Trochocercus
• ʻElepaio

References

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

Also known as Grallinidae, Monarch flycatchers, Monarch-Flycatcher, Monarchidae, Monarchinae, Monarchini, Monarchs and paradise flycatchers, Terpsiphoninae, The monarch flycatcher, The monarch flycatchers.

, Sexual dimorphism, Seychelles, Shrikebill, Species, Symposiachrus, Synonym (taxonomy), Tahiti monarch, Territory (animal), Torrent-lark, Trochocercus, Vanuatu, White-winged chough.