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Myiagra
''Myiagra'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family monarch flycatcher, Monarchidae, the monarch flycatchers, native to Australasia, sometimes referred to as the broad-billed flycatchers or simply broadbills. Taxonomy The genus ''Myiagra'' was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''muia'' meaning "a fly" and ''agreō'' meaning "to seize". Myiagros was also the name of a Greek god. The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1840 as the leaden flycatcher. Species The genus contains 21 species, including one that is now extinct: * Chuuk flycatcher (''Myiagra oceanica'') * Palau flycatcher (''Myiagra erythrops'') * † Guam flycatcher (''Myiagra freycineti'') (extinct) * Pohnpei flycatcher (''Myiagra pluto'') * Moluccan flycatcher (''Myiagra galeata'') * Biak black flycatcher (''Myiagra atra'') * Leaden flycatcher (''Myiagra rubecula'') * Steel-blue flycatcher (''Myi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satin Flycatcher
The satin flycatcher (''Myiagra cyanoleuca'') is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. Males stand out with their blue-black feathers contrasting their white bellies, and the females with their bright orange throats. It breeds mostly in south-eastern Tasmania and Australia. It is declining throughout the eastern seaboard due to predation from the introduced Red Fox and Habitat destruction, habitat loss. It is a vagrant to New Zealand. Taxonomy and systematics The satin flycatcher was originally described in the genus ''Eurylaimus, Platyrhynchos''. Alternate names include satin Myiagra and satin Myiagra-flycatcher. The name ''Myiagra'' is derived from the Ancient Greek ‘''muia''’, meaning ‘fly’ (insect), and ‘''agreo’'', meaning ‘seize’ (thus, ‘flycatcher’). ''Cyanoleuca'' is derived from ‘''cyanos’ (''blue) and ‘''leucos''’ (white). The satin flycatcher is a member of the Monarch flycatcher, Monarchidae family, or the Monarchs, which contains ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
