Carterornis

Carterornis
	White-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Carterornis; Mathews, 1912
Type species
	Monarcha leucotis; Gould, 1850

Carterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia.

Taxonomy

When the genus Monarcha was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, 3 species were moved to the resurrected genus Carterornis. The genus had originally been introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the white-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis) as the type species.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[4]

Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
White-eared monarch	Carterornis leucotis	north-eastern Australia.
White-naped monarch	Carterornis pileatus	Maluku Islands.
Tanimbar monarch	Carterornis castus^[5]	Tanimbar Islands.
Golden monarch	Carterornis chrysomela	New Guinea.

References

^ "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetics of monarch flycatchers (genus Monarcha) with emphasis on Solomon Island endemics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37: 776–788. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.007.
^ Mathews, Gregory (1912). "New generic names for Australian birds". Austral Avian Record. 1 (5): 105-117 [111].
^ ^a ^b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Monarchs". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-04.