The frilled monarch (''Arses telescopthalmus'') is a species of

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in the family

Monarchidae The monarchs or monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and Grallina, magpie-larks. Monarchids are small insectivore, insectivorous songbirds with l ...

. As currently defined, its range is restricted to forest on

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

and nearby smaller islands, but historically it has included some or all of the remaining members of the genus '' Arses'' as

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Taxonomy and systematics

This species was originally described in the genus ''

Muscicapa ''Muscicapa'' is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, and therein to the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae. They are widespread across Europe, Africa and Asia with most species occurri ...

''. Some authorities consider the ochre-collared monarch and the frill-necked monarch as subspecies of the frilled monarch. Alternate names include the Australian frilled monarch and frilled flycatcher.

Subspecies

Five

are recognized: * ''A. t. batantae'' - Sharpe, 1879: Formerly classified by some authorities as a subspecies of the frill-necked monarch. Found on

Batanta Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 479.52 km2 (including smaller offshore islands) and its highest point is 1184 m. The Pitt Strait (Indonesia), Pitt Strai ...

and

Waigeo Waigeo is an island in the Southwest Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and about to the nort ...

(western Papuan islands) * ''A. t. telescopthalmus'' - ( Lesson & Garnot, 1827): Found on Salawati and

Misool Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located on ...

(western Papuan islands) and north-western New Guinea * ''A. t. aruensis'' - Sharpe, 1879: Formerly classified by some authorities as a subspecies of the frill-necked monarch. Found on the

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(south-west of New Guinea) * ''A. t. harterti'' - van Oort, 1909: Formerly classified by some authorities as a subspecies of the frill-necked monarch. Found in southern New Guinea * ''A. t. henkei'' - Meyer, AB, 1886: Found in eastern and southern New Guinea

References

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