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Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra alecto (Temminck, CJ 1827)

The shining flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in northern Australia, and from the Moluccas to the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Monarchidae
Genus:
   Myiagra
Scientific:
  Myiagra alecto


Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1827)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.72 pl.430 fig.1,text

Protonym:
  Drymophila alecto

Type locality:
  'Celebes'; error: Ternate, Moluccas, fide Rothschild and Hartert, 1918, Novit. Zool., 25, pp. 315-316.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CE626FAD9066606D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CE626FAD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CE626FAD


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561283

Geographic range:

  • Myiagra alecto: Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago and northern and eastern Australia
  • Myiagra alecto alecto: northern Moluccas
  • Myiagra alecto longirostris: Tanimbar Islands (Arafura Sea)
  • Myiagra alecto [chalybeocephala or rufolateralis]: New Guinea, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea), and Bismarck Archipelago
  • Myiagra alecto manumudari: Manam Island (New Guinea)
  • Myiagra alecto wardelli: Trans-Fly of southeastern New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands, and northern and eastern Queensland southward to Moreton Bay
  • Myiagra alecto lucida: D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipelagos (off southeastern New Guinea)
  • Myiagra alecto melvillensis: King Sound (Western Australia) to Arnhem Land and northwestern Queensland
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English:
Shining Flycatcher
Catalan:
monarca esplèndid
Czech:
muchálek zářivý
Danish:
Glansmonark
German:
Glanzmonarch
Spanish:
Monarca Reluciente
Spanish (Spain):
Monarca reluciente
Finnish:
mangrovemonarkki
French:
Monarque luisant
Croatian:
blistavokapi monarh
Hungarian:
fénylő császárlégykapó
Italian:
Pigliamosche splendente
Japanese (romaji):
terihirahashi
Japanese:
テリヒラハシ
Lithuanian:
Paprastoji miagra
Dutch:
Zwarte Monarch
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Glansmonark
Norwegian:
Glansmonark
Polish:
muszarka jednobarwna
Portuguese:
papa-moscas-reluzente
Portuguese (Portugal):
monarca-reluzente
Russian:
Блестящая миагра
Slovak:
monarch lesklý
Swedish:
glansmonark
Ukrainian:
Міагра блискучопера
Chinese:
辉阔嘴鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
華麗闊嘴鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Shining Flycatcher ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Monarque luisant ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Monarque luisant ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Shining Monarch ( Monarcha alecto) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Shining Myiagra ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Shining Myiagra ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
Shining Monarch ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Myiagra alecto [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Myiagra alecto [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Shining Flycatcher ( Myiagra alecto) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Myiagra alecto [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Myiagra alecto [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: monarca esplèndid
Czech: Muchálek zárivý, muchálek zářivý
Danish: Glansmonark
German: Glanzmonarch, Glanz-Monarch, Glanzmyiagra
English: Common Shining Flycatcher, Shining Flycatcher, Shining Monarch, Shining Monarch Flycatcher, Shining Myiagra, Shining Myiagra-Flycatcher
English, HBW: Shining Flycatcher
English (IOC): Shining Flycatcher
English (United States): Shining Flycatcher
Spanish: Miagra Brillante, Monarca Reluciente
Spanish (Spain): Monarca reluciente
Spanish (HBW): Shining Flycatcher
Finnish: Mangrovemonarkki
French: Gobemouche brillant, Monarque luisant
Croatian: blistavokapi monarh
Hungarian: fénylő császárlégykapó
Indonesian: Sikatan Kilap
Italian: Miagra splendente, Pigliamosche splendente
Japanese (romaji): terihirahashi
Japanese: テリヒラハシ
Scientific: Drymophila alecto, Monarcha alecto, Myiagra alecto, Myiagra alecto alecto, Piezorhynchus alecto
Lithuanian: Paprastoji miagra
Dutch: Zwarte Monarch
Norwegian Nynorsk: Glansmonark
Norwegian: Glansmonark
Polish: muszarka jednobarwna
Portuguese: papa-moscas-reluzente
Portuguese (Portugal): monarca-reluzente
Russian: Блестящая миагра, Блестящий монарх
Slovak: monarch lesklý
Swedish: Glansmonark
Turkish: Kuzguni monark
Ukrainian: Міагра блискучопера
Chinese: 辉阔嘴鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 華麗闊嘴鶲

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