Hypothymis

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

Hypothymis
Black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Hypothymis F. Boie, 1826
Type species
Muscicapa caerulea[1] Gmelin, 1788
Synonyms
Camiguinia Cyanomyas Cyanomyias

The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species.^[2][3] The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.^[4]

Species

The genus contains four species:^[5]

Male	Female	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Black-naped monarch	Hypothymis azurea	tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
		Pale-blue monarch	Hypothymis puella	eastern Indonesia.
		Short-crested monarch	Hypothymis helenae	Philippines.
		Celestial monarch	Hypothymis coelestis	Philippines.