Carterornis
Sign in to saveCarterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMonarchidae
Observations recorded20,461
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Collections
- ANWC, WAM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
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Carterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia.
==Taxonomy== When the genus Monarcha was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, 3 species were moved to the resurrected genus Carterornis. The genus had originally been introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the white-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis) as the type species.
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