Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Lesser Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis) - HBW 11, p. 300
French: Monarque des Fidji
German: Fidschiwürgermonarch
Spanish: Monarca de Fiji
Other common names: Fiji Shrikebill, Uniform Shrikebill
Taxonomy: Myiolestes vitiensis Hartlaub, 1866, Ovalau, western Fiji Islands.
Racial boundaries unclear; review needed. Twelve subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wiglesworthi Mayr, 1933 - Rotuma (extreme N Fiji).
- vitiensis (Hartlaub, 1866) - W Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Lomaiviti Group).
- compressirostris (E. L. Layard, 1876) - Kadavu, Ono and Vanua Kula (SW Fiji).
- wiglesworthi Mayr, 1933 - Rotuma (extreme N Fiji).
- vitiensis (Hartlaub, 1866) - W Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Lomaiviti Group).
- compressirostris (E. L. Layard, 1876) - Kadavu, Ono and Vanua Kula (SW Fiji).
- buensis (E. L. Layard, 1876) - Vanua Levu and Kioa (N Fiji).
- layardi Mayr, 1933 - Taveuni.
- pontifex Mayr, 1933 - Rabi and Qamea (NE Fiji).
- vatuanus Mayr, 1933 - Lau Archipelago (Tuvuca, Yacata, Vatu Vara), in C Fiji.
- nesiotes (Wetmore, 1919) - Lau Archipelago (S from Cicia).
- fortunae (E. L. Layard, 1876) - Wallis and Futuna (Futuna, Alofi).
- keppeli Mayr, 1933 - N Tonga (Niuatoputapu, Tafahi).
- heini (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870) - Tonga (Tofua).
- powelli (Salvin, 1879) - American Samoa (Manu’a, Ofu, Olosega).
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single calling female Locality Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni, Fiji
(ssp layardi)
Chris Harrison 3 January 2011 5 weeks ago 4
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