Metabolus

Genus of birds

Metabolus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Monarchidae
Genus:  | Metabolus
Bonaparte, 1854

Metabolus is a monotypic genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in Australia and Melanesia.

## Taxonomy and systematics

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### Extant species

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The genus Metabolus presently contains only a single species:[1]

* Chuuk monarch (Metabolus rugensis)

### Former species

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Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Metabolus:

* Yap monarch (as Metabolus godeffroyi)[2]
* Tinian monarch (as Metabolus takatsukasae)[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Monarchs « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
2. ^ "Metabolus godeffroyi - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
3. ^ "Metabolus takatsukasae - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-20.

Taxon identifiers

Metabolus|

* Wikidata: Q10793035
* Wikispecies: Metabolus
* ADW: Metabolus
* BioLib: 29857
* CoL: 5Q5F
* GBIF: 2486674
* iNaturalist: 8570
* ITIS: 178680
* NCBI: 338453

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