Kolombangara Monarch Symposiachrus browni Scientific name definitions

Monarcha (Piezorhynchus) browni E. P. Ramsay, 1882, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882:711—“Marrabo” [= New Georgia], Solomon Islands. (4 Ramsay, E. P. (1882). Description of a new species of flycatcher of the genus Monarcha (Piezorhynchus) from the Solomon Group. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(4):711 Close )

The holotype, an adult male collected on 21 April 1864 by the Reverend George Brown (1835–1917), is held in the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM O.18729) (5 Longmore, N. W. (1991). Type specimens of birds in the Australian Museum. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 4:1–42. Close ).

Kolombangara, New Georgia, Vangunu, and adjacent islands (southwestern Solomon Islands).

Described under Field Identification.

Monarcha kulambangrae meeki Rothschild and Hartert, 1905, Novitates Zoologicae 12:262.—Rendova. (6 Rothschild, W. and Hartert, E. (1905). Further contributions to our knowledge of the ornis of the Solomon Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 12: 243-268. Close )

The holotype, an adult male collected on 23 February 1904 by Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), is held in the American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH 655014), as are the following specimens (all from the same source) identified as paratypes: males, AMNH 655018, 7 February, AMNH 655019, 19 February, AMNH 655020, 14 February, AMNH 655021, 6 February; females, AMNH 655022, 24 February, AMNH 655023, 23 February, and AMNH 655024, 14 February (7 LeCroy, M. (2008). Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313:1–298. Close ).

Rendova and Tetepare, south of New Georgia (southwestern Solomon Islands).

Subspecies meeki differs from the nominate in that it has less white in the outer tail feathers.