Carterornis

Carterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia.

Carterornis
White-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Carterornis Mathews, 1912
Type species
Monarcha leucotis[1] Gould, 1850

Taxonomy

When the genus Monarcha was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, 3 species were moved to the resurrected genus Carterornis. The genus had originally been introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the white-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis) as the type species.^[2][3][4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[4]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-eared monarch	Carterornis leucotis	north-eastern Australia.
	White-naped monarch	Carterornis pileatus	Maluku Islands.
	Tanimbar monarch	Carterornis castus[5]	Tanimbar Islands.
	Golden monarch	Carterornis chrysomela	New Guinea.