Loetoe monarch

The Loetoe monarch (Carterornis pileatus castus), or Tanimbar monarch is a bird in the family Monarchidae endemic to Indonesia. It is found in the Tanimbar Islands.

Loetoe monarch

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Carterornis
Species:
C. pileatus
Subspecies:
C. p. castus
Trinomial name
Carterornis pileatus castus
(Sclater, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Monarcha castus
  • Carterornis castus

Taxonomy and systematics

This subspecies was formerly placed in the genus Monarcha until moved to Carterornis in 2009.[2] While the Loetoe monarch is a classified by most authorities to be a subspecies of the white-naped monarch, several consider it to be a separate species.[3]

gollark: They shall pile up forever. I consider myself relatively good at cave hunting, and I have piles of xenowyrms anyway.
gollark: (honestly, I doubt TJ09 bothered to cap the prices)
gollark: Okay then, a few possibilities:* the pricing does **not** adjust very fast, so people with enough shards will get them quickly, then the price will skyrocket after the first group do* the pricing does adjust fast, so the price climbs 100 shards a week and a few lucky people get them each week* either of those, but the price is capped somehow so it doesn't climb massively
gollark: No, 1312.
gollark: 1304 or so.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Carterornis castus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "IOC Bird List v2.0". 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  3. "Carterornis castus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-21.


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