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Passeriformes

Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Small to medium-sized passerines with broad-based, often deeply compressed bill, usually slender legs with strongly curved claws, some species with greatly elongated central rectrices; plumage variable, from modest to brightly coloured, often with rufous, grey, white or black, some species glossy blue.
Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Oceania.
Forest and woodland, mangroves, lightly wooded cultivation, savanna.
18 genera, 97 species, 289 taxa.
18 species threatened; 6 subspecies extinct since 1600.

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30 3 12 15 8 1 Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
6 1 1 4 6 2 Short-crested Monarch (Hypothymis helenae)
3 1 2 4 3 Celestial Monarch (Hypothymis coelestis)
0 2 4 Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher (Eutrichomyias rowleyi)
5 1 2 2 8 5 Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher (Trochocercus cyanomelas)
0 8 6 Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens)
13 1 5 7 8 7 Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
0 6 8 Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone bedfordi)
1 1 8 9 Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea)
0 8 10 Bates's Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi)
36 20 16 8 11 African Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
44 2 37 5 8 12 Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
10 2 3 5 6 13 Japanese Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
2 2 6 14 Blue Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone cyanescens)
4 1 1 2 8 15 Rufous Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone cinnamomea)
3 3 8 16 Sao Tome Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrochalybeia)
8 6 2 8 17 Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
5 3 2 2 18 Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina)
3 2 1 8 19 Mascarene Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone bourbonnensis)
4 2 2 4 20 Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis)
2 1 1 3 21 Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata)
0 2 22 Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
0 3 23 Marquesas Monarch (Pomarea mendozae)
0 4 24 Iphis Monarch (Pomarea iphis)
0 2 25 Fatuhiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi)
0 6 26 Vanikoro Monarch (Mayrornis schistaceus)
0 4 27 Versicolour Monarch (Mayrornis versicolor)
2 1 1 8 28 Slaty Monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
1 1 8 29 Buff-bellied Monarch (Neolalage banksiana)
5 1 1 3 8 30 Southern Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides)
1 1 8 31 Lesser Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)
0 4 32 Black-faced Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis)
12 3 2 7 8 33 Rennell Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini)
0 3 34 Chuuk Monarch (Metabolus rugensis)
1 1 8 35 Black Monarch (Monarcha axillaris)
3 3 8 36 Rufous Monarch (Monarcha rubiensis)
4 1 1 2 8 37 Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens)
11 1 5 5 8 38 Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
2 2 8 39 Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater)
0 8 40 Bougainville Monarch (Monarcha erythrostictus)
8 4 1 3 8 41 Chestnut-bellied Monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris)
11 4 2 5 8 42 White-capped Monarch (Monarcha richardsii)
3 1 2 8 43 White-eared Monarch (Monarcha leucotis)
6 2 2 2 8 44 White-naped Monarch (Monarcha pileatus)
4 1 3 8 45 Spot-winged Monarch (Monarcha guttula)
5 1 3 1 8 46 Black-bibbed Monarch (Monarcha mundus)
0 3 47 Flores Monarch (Monarcha sacerdotum)
0 2 48 Black-chinned Monarch (Monarcha boanensis)
15 4 5 6 8 49 Spectacled Monarch (Monarcha trivirgatus)
0 6 50 White-tailed Monarch (Monarcha leucurus)
8 6 2 3 51 White-tipped Monarch (Monarcha everetti)
0 8 52 Black-tipped Monarch (Monarcha loricatus)
1 1 7 53 Kofiau Monarch (Monarcha julianae)
0 3 54 Biak Monarch (Monarcha brehmii)
0 8 55 Hooded Monarch (Monarcha manadensis)
0 6 56 Manus Monarch (Monarcha infelix)
0 6 57 White-breasted Monarch (Monarcha menckei)
0 8 58 Black-tailed Monarch (Monarcha verticalis)
0 6 59 Black-and-white Monarch (Monarcha barbatus)
1 1 6 60 Kolombangara Monarch (Monarcha browni)
5 1 1 3 8 61 White-collared Monarch (Monarcha vidua)
0 6 62 Yap Monarch (Monarcha godeffroyi)
2 1 1 4 63 Tinian Monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae)
7 2 3 2 8 64 Golden Monarch (Monarcha chrysomela)
1 1 8 65 Ochre-collared Monarch (Arses insularis)
3 1 2 8 66 Frilled Monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)
1 1 8 67 Frill-necked Monarch (Arses lorealis)
1 1 8 68 Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)
2 1 1 8 69 Oceanic Flycatcher (Myiagra oceanica)
0 8 70 Moluccan Flycatcher (Myiagra galeata)
2 2 6 71 Biak Flycatcher (Myiagra atra)
25 13 12 8 72 Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
4 1 1 2 8 73 Solomon Flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea)
4 2 1 1 6 74 Makira Flycatcher (Myiagra cervinicauda)
7 3 1 3 8 75 Melanesian Flycatcher (Myiagra caledonica)
3 1 1 1 8 76 Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
0 4 77 Samoan Flycatcher (Myiagra albiventris)
1 1 8 78 Azure-crested Flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla)
12 3 7 2 8 79 Broad-billed Flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis)
4 2 2 8 80 Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
8 4 4 8 81 Common Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
0 8 82 Lesser Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra hebetior)
2 2 8 83 Paperbark Flycatcher (Myiagra nana)
25 2 6 17 8 84 Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
2 2 6 85 Silktail (Lamprolia victoriae)
2 1 1 8 86 Yellow-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)
1 1 8 87 Black-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus nigripectus)
7 3 4 8 88 Blue Crested-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)
5 1 4 8 89 Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher (Elminia albicauda)
1 1 8 90 Dusky Crested-flycatcher (Elminia nigromitrata)
1 1 8 91 White-bellied Crested-flycatcher (Elminia albiventris)
1 1 8 92 White-tailed Crested-flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)
2 2 8 93 Little Yellow Flycatcher (Erythrocercus holochlorus)
5 3 2 8 94 Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (Erythrocercus mccallii)
1 1 8 95 Livingstone's Flycatcher (Erythrocercus livingstonei)
9 1 4 4 8 96 Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera)
3 1 2 6 97 Maroon-breasted Philentoma (Philentoma velata)

Family statistics

18 genera, 97 species

441 files covering
16 genera	(89%)
70 species	(72%)

178 videos covering
14 genera	(78%)
46 species	(47%)

208 photographs covering
15 genera	(83%)
65 species	(67%)

55 sound recordings covering
8 genera	(44%)
31 species	(32%)

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