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The black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) belongs to the family Monarchidae under the order Passeriformes.
Black-naped monarch taxonomy
The family Monarchidae comprises more than 100 species of birds, including shrikebills, paradise flycatchers and magpie-larks.The family Monarchidae was first described by Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), a French biologist and ornithologist, in the year 1854.
The family Monarchidae comprises two subfamilies, viz., Terpsiphoninae and Monarchinae. The subfamily Monarchinae comprises four genera, viz., Hypothymis, Eutrichomyias, Trochocercus and Terpsiphone.
The genus Hypothymis was first introduced by Friedrich Boie (4 June 1789 – 3 March 1870), a German entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist and lawyer, in the year 1826.
The genus Hypothymis comprises four species, namely, Hypothymis azurea, Hypothymis puella, Hypothymis helenae and Hypothymis coelestis.
The species Hypothymis azurea was first described by Pieter Boddaert (1730 – 6 May 1795), a Dutch physician and naturalist, in the year 1783. The species Hypothymis azurea is polytypic and comprises 23 subspecies.
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| Binomial name: | Hypothymis azurea |
| Species: | H. azurea |
| Genus: | Hypothymis |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by Rudraksha Chodankar |
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| 2.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by Vimal Rajyaguru |
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| 3.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea female Image by Jason Thompson |
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| 4.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by Mprasannak |
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| 5.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by Ashish |
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| 6.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by JJ Harrison |
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| 7.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by shrikant rao |
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| 8.Black-naped monarch - Hypothymis azurea Image by Tareq Uddin Ahmed |
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| 9.Hypothymis azurea nest Image by Jason Thompson |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-naped_Monarch-9097_(cropped).jpg (cropped)
Author: Rudraksha Chodankar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/1/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (cropped)
Author: Vimal Rajyaguru | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/1/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/8265579975 (cropped)
Author: Jason Thompson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/1/18
4.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (cropped)
Author: Mprasannak | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/1/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_naped_monarch.jpg (cropped)
Image author: Ashish | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/1/18
6.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hypothymis_azurea_-_Kaeng_Krachan.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/1/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9494793@N06/5587959174/ (cropped)
Author: shrikant rao | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/1/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/90769516@N06/33331083292/ (cropped)
Author: Tareq Uddin Ahmed | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/1/18
9.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/6999400968 (cropped)
Author: Jason Thompson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/1/18
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