Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Lesser Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra hebetior) - HBW 11, p. 321
French: Monarque terne
German: Eichhornmonarch
Spanish: Monarca Apagado
Other common names: Dull Flycatcher/Monarch, Hartert’s/Island Flycatcher, Little Shining Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Monarcha hebetior E. J. O. Hartert, 1924, Mussau, St Matthias Group, Bismarck Archipelago.
Forms a species pair with M. alecto; both sometimes placed in a separate genus, Piezorhynchus. Race eichhorni possibly a separate species, females being quite distinctive. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hebetior (E. J. O. Hartert, 1924) - St Matthias, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- eichhorni (E. J. O. Hartert, 1924) - New Hanover, New Ireland and New Britain (Bismarck).
- cervinicolor (Salomonsen, 1964) - Djaul I, off NW New Ireland.
- Least Concern
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