Arses (bird)

Arses is a genus of monarch flycatchers in the family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to forest and second growth on the island of New Guinea, a few surrounding islands and northern Queensland, Australia. The genus is separated by their frilled necks, fleshy blue eye wattles and delicate pendent nests. They also have a distinctive foraging technique, hopping up tree trunks in a spiral fashion.

Arses
Frill-necked monarch, Arses lorealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Arses Lesson, 1831
Type species
Muscicapa telescophthalmus[1] Lesson & Garnot, 1827
Species
see text

Taxonomy

The genus Arses was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831.^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840.^[3] The genus name is from the Persian king Arses who ruled from 338 until 336 BC.^[4]

The genus contains four species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Ochre-collared monarch	Arses insularis	northern New Guinea.
	Frilled monarch	Arses telescopthalmus	New Guinea
	Frill-necked monarch	Arses lorealis	northern Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
	Pied monarch	Arses kaupi	Queensland in Australia.