The Samoan flycatcher (Myiagra albiventris) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Samoa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rural gardens and is threatened by habitat loss.
Samoan flycatcher | |
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in a Plate from Hartlaub and Finsch Beitrag zur fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa und Tonga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Monarchidae |
Genus: | Myiagra |
Species: | M. albiventris
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Binomial name | |
Myiagra albiventris (Peale, 1849)
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Taxonomy and systematics
editThe Samoan flycatcher was originally described in the genus Platyrhynchus. Alternate names include Samoan broadbill, Samoan Myiagra, Samoan Myiagra flycatcher and white-vented flycatcher.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiagra albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707393A94121152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707393A94121152.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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