Mayrornis
Sign in to saveMayrornis is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji. The name Mayrornis is a compound word. The first part, Mayr, commemorates Ernst Walter Mayr, a German ornithologist and systematist. The second part, ornis, is the Greek word meaning "bird". Established by Frank Alexander Wetmore in 1932, it contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- ||| Mayrornis schistaceus||Vanikoro monarch|| Santa Cruz Islands. |- ||| Mayrornis versicolor||Ogea monarch || Ogea Driki and Ogea Levu |- |120px||
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Mayrornis is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji. The name Mayrornis is a compound word. The first part, Mayr, commemorates Ernst Walter Mayr, a German ornithologist and systematist. The second part, ornis, is the Greek word meaning "bird". Established by Frank Alexander Wetmore in 1932, it contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- ||| Mayrornis schistaceus||Vanikoro monarch|| Santa Cruz Islands. |- ||| Mayrornis versicolor||Ogea monarch || Ogea Driki and Ogea Levu |- |120px|| Mayrornis lessoni||Slaty monarch || Fiji. |- |}
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