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Mayrornis
Slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Mayrornis Wetmore, 1932
Type species
Rhipidura lesson Gray, 1846

Mayrornis is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in the Solomon Islands and Fiji. The name Mayrornis is a compound word. The first part, Mayr, commemorates Ernst Walter Mayr, a German ornithologist and systematist. The second part, ornis, is the Greek word meaning "bird". Established by Frank Alexander Wetmore in 1932, it contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Mayrornis schistaceus	Vanikoro monarch	Santa Cruz Islands.
	Mayrornis versicolor	Ogea monarch	Ogea Driki and Ogea Levu
	Mayrornis lessoni	Slaty monarch	Fiji.

References

1. "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. "ITIS Report: Mayrornis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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