Slaty monarch

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{For|an alternate name of the Moluccan flycatcher|Myiagra galeata}}

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| name = Slaty monarch

| image = Slaty Monarch.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Mayrornis lessoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T22707204A94110864 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707204A94110864.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Mayrornis

| species = lessoni

| authority = (G.R. Gray, 1846)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = * Rhipidura Lessoni

}}

The slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Fiji. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy and systematics

The slaty monarch was originally described in the genus Rhipidura. Alternate names include cinereous flycatcher, Fiji flycatcher, Fiji slaty flycatcher, slaty flycatcher (an alternate name shared with the Vanikoro monarch) and white-tipped slaty flycatcher.

=Subspecies=

There are two subspecies recognized:{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 6.4|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4|doi-access=free}}

  • M. l. lessoni - (G.R. Gray, 1846): found in western and central Fiji Islands
  • M. l. orientalis - Mayr, 1933: found in eastern Fiji Islands

References