Velvet flycatcher

Species of bird

Velvet flycatcher

Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Monarchidae
Genus:  | Myiagra
Species:  |

M. eichhorni

Binomial name
Myiagra eichhorni

(Hartert, 1924)

The velvet flycatcher (Myiagra eichhorni) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to New Hanover, New Ireland & New Britain.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

## Taxonomy

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The velvet flycatcher was formally described in 1924 by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert based on a specimen that had been collected on the island of New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago by the Australian farmer Albert Frederic Eichhorn (1882-1931). Hartert considered the specimen to represent a subspecies of the Mussau flycatcher which he placed in the genus Monarcha and coined the trinomial name Monarcha hebetior eichhorni.[2][3][4] The velvet flycatcher is now one of around 20 species placed in the genus Myiagra that was introduced in 1827 by Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield.[5]

Two subspecies are recognised:

* M. e. eichhorni (Hartert, EJO, 1924) – New Hanover (=New Hanover Island), New Ireland, New Britain and Watom (north of northeast New Britain) (east Bismarck Archipelago)
* M. e. cervinicolor (Salomonsen, 1964) – Dyaul Island (south of northwest New Ireland, northeast Bismarck Archipelago)

The subspecies M. e. cervinicolor has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Dyaul flycatcher.[5]

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Myiagra eichhorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103711426A112351876. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103711426A112351876.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Hartert, Ernst (1924). "The birds of St. Mattias Island collected by A.F. Eichhorn". Novitates Zoologicae. 31: 261–275 [271].
3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11\. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 525.
4. ^ Jobling, James A. "eichhorni". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
5. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Monarchs". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Order: Passeriformes
* Superfamily: Corvoidea

Subfamily Terpsiphoninae

| Hypothymis|

* Black-naped monarch (H. azurea)
* Pale-blue monarch (H. puella)
* Short-crested monarch (H. helenae)
* Celestial monarch (H. coelestis)

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Trochocercus|

* Blue-mantled crested flycatcher (T. cyanomelas)
* Blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. nitens)

Terpsiphone
(Paradise flycatchers)|

* Bedford's paradise flycatcher (T. bedfordi)
* Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (T. rufocinerea)
* Red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer)
* Annobón paradise flycatcher (T. smithii)
* Bates's paradise flycatcher (T. batesi)
* African paradise flycatcher (T. viridis)
* Indian paradise flycatcher (T. paradisi)
* Blyth's paradise flycatcher (T. affinis)
* Amur paradise flycatcher (T. incei)
* Japanese paradise flycatcher (T. atrocaudata)
* Blue paradise flycatcher (T. cyanescens)
* Rufous paradise flycatcher (T. cinnamomea)
* São Tomé paradise flycatcher (T. atrochalybeia)
* Malagasy paradise flycatcher (T. mutata)
* Seychelles paradise flycatcher (T. corvina)
* Mascarene paradise flycatcher (T. bourbonnensis)

Subfamily Monarchinae

| Chasiempis
(‘Elepaios)|

* Kauaʻi ʻelepaio (C. sclateri)
* Oʻahu ʻelepaio (C. ibidis)
* Hawaiʻi ʻelepaio (C. sandwichensis)

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Pomarea|

* Rarotonga monarch (P. dimidiata)
* Tahiti monarch (P. nigra)
* Marquesan monarch (P. mendozae)
* Ua Pou monarch (P. mira)
* Iphis monarch (P. iphis)
* Fatu Hiva monarch (P. whitneyi)

Mayrornis|

* Vanikoro monarch (M. schistaceus)
* Ogea monarch (M. versicolor)
* Slaty monarch (M. lessoni)

Neolalage|

* Buff-bellied monarch (N. banksiana)

Clytorhychus
(Shrikebills)|

* Southern shrikebill (C. pachycephaloides)
* Fiji shrikebill (C. vitiensis)
* Black-throated shrikebill (C. nigrogularis)
* Santa Cruz shrikebill (C. sanctaecrucis)
* Rennell shrikebill (C. hamlini)

Metabolus|

* Chuuk monarch (M. rugensis)

Symposiachrus|

* Black monarch (S. axillaris)
* Spot-winged monarch (S. guttula)
* Black-bibbed monarch (S. mundus)
* Flores monarch (S. sacerdotum)
* Boano monarch (S. boanensis)
* Louisiade monarch (S. melanopterus)
* Spectacled monarch (S. trivirgatus)
* Moluccan monarch (S. bimaculatus)
* Kai monarch (S. leucurus)
* Tanahjampea monarch (S. everetti)
* Buru monarch (S. loricatus)
* Kofiau monarch (S. julianae)
* Biak monarch (S. brehmii)
* Hooded monarch (S. manadensis)
* Manus monarch (S. infelix)
* Mussau monarch (S. menckei)
* Black-tailed monarch (S. verticalis)
* Solomons monarch (S. barbatus)
* Kolombangara monarch (S. browni)
* White-collared monarch (S. vidua)

Monarcha|

* Rufous monarch (M. rubiensis)
* Island monarch (M. cinerascens)
* Black-faced monarch (M. melanopsis)
* Black-winged monarch (M. frater)
* Bougainville monarch (M. erythrostictus)
* Chestnut-bellied monarch (M. castaneiventris)
* White-capped monarch (M. richardsii)
* Yap monarch (M. godeffroyi)
* Tinian monarch (M. takatsukasae)

Carterornis|

* White-eared monarch (C. leucotis)
* White-naped monarch (C. pileatus)
* Golden monarch (C. chrysomela)

Arses|

* Ochre-collared monarch (A. insularis)
* Frilled monarch (A. telescopthalmus)
* Frill-necked monarch (A. lorealis)
* Pied monarch (A. kaupi)

Grallina|

* Magpie-lark (G. cyanoleuca)
* Torrent-lark (G. bruijni)

Myiagra|

* Oceanic flycatcher (M. oceanica)
* Palau flycatcher (M. erythrops)
* Pohnpei flycatcher (M. pluto)
* Moluccan flycatcher (M. galeata)
* Biak black flycatcher (M. atra)
* Leaden flycatcher (M. rubecula)
* Steel-blue flycatcher (M. ferrocyanea)
* Makira flycatcher (M. cervinicauda)
* Melanesian flycatcher (M. caledonica)
* Vanikoro flycatcher (M. vanikorensis)
* Samoan flycatcher (M. albiventris)
* Azure-crested flycatcher (M. azureocapilla)
* Chestnut-throated flycatcher (M. castaneigularis)
* Broad-billed flycatcher (M. ruficollis)
* Satin flycatcher (M. cyanoleuca)
* Shining flycatcher (M. alecto)
* Velvet flycatcher (M. hebetior)
* Paperbark flycatcher (M. nana)
* Restless flycatcher (M. inquieta)

Taxon identifiers

Myiagra eichhorni|

* Wikidata: Q31874278
* Wikispecies: Myiagra eichhorni
* Avibase: 13696ACB10C09B90
* BirdLife: 103711426
* BOW: velfly1
* eBird: velfly1
* GBIF: 10912482
* IUCN: 103711426

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