''Arses'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
monarch flycatchers in the family
Monarchidae
The monarchs (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and magpie-larks.
Monarchids are small insectivorous songbirds with long tails. They inhabit forest or woodland a ...
. The genus is restricted to forest and
second growth on the island of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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, a few surrounding islands and northern
Queensland
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, Australia. The genus is separated by their frilled necks, fleshy blue eye wattles and delicate pendent nests. They also have a distinctive foraging technique, hopping up tree trunks in a spiral fashion.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Arses'' was introduced by the French naturalist
René Lesson
René-Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
Biography
Lesson was born at Rochefort, and entered the Naval Medical School in Rochefort at the age of sixteen. He ...
in 1831. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
was subsequently designated as the
frilled monarch (''Arses telescopthalmus'') by English zoologist
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray FRS (8 July 1808 – 6 May 1872) was an English zoologist and author, and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, in London for forty-one years. He was the younger brother o ...
in 1840. The genus name is from the Persian king
Arses
Arses ( peo, *R̥šā; grc-gre, Ἀρσής), also known by his regnal name Artaxerxes IV (; peo, 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 ; grc-gre, Ἀρταξέρξης), was the twelfth Achaemenid King of Kings from 338 to 336 BC.
Arses ascended ...
who ruled from 338 until 336 BC.
The genus contains four species:
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Ochre-collared monarch (''Arses insularis'')
*
Frilled monarch (''Arses telescopthalmus'')
*
Frill-necked monarch
The frill-necked monarch (''Arses lorealis'') is a species of passerida, songbird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the rainforests of the northern Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
Taxonomy and systematics
The frill-necked monarch w ...
(''Arses lorealis'')
*
Pied monarch (''Arses kaupi'')
References
* Clement, P (2006) Family Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers); in del Hoyo J, Elliott A & Christie D eds. ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol 11 Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barecelona.
Bird genera
Taxa named by René Lesson
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