Symposiachrus Infelix Bird

English Name:  Manus Monarch
Latin Name:  Symposiachrus infelix
Protonym:  Monarcha infelix Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.552
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Symposiachrus
Taxonomy Code:  manmon1
Type Locality:  Admiralty Islands.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1877
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

SYMPOSIACHRUS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Spectacled Monarch M. trivirgatus) Gr. συν sun, συμ sum  together; ποσις posis  husband; αχρως akhrōs  pallid; "Mélanornithés  ...  Symposiachrus, Bp., a pour type la trivirgata, qu'il était impossible de laisser parmi les Monarcha, car c'est un véritable Myagrien.  Par ces disjonctions il ne reste plus de Monarcha légitimes que le type du genre, Mon. carinata, Vig., et la Drimophila cinerascens, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854).  
Var. Symposiarchus (Gr. συμποσιον sumposion  drinking party, guest; αρχος arkhos  leader).
Synon. Heteranax, Lorimonarcha, Monarchalba, Penemonarcha, Piezormona.

infelix
L. infelix, infelicis  unhappy, unfortunate, unfruitful  < in-  not; felix, felicis  fruitful, fortunate, favourable, lucky.
● “I have concluded that the genera Certhilauda and Mirafra cannot be kept separate. This affects the names of two forms of C. curvirostra ...C. c. transvaalensis Roberts (1936, Rustenburg) is preoccupied by Mirafra africana transvaalensis Hartert 1900” (White 1960) (syn. Certhilauda semitorquata transvaalensis).
● “Unfortunately it is in a very imperfect state, the bill and greater part of the tail feathers having been shot away” (P. Sclater 1877) (Symposiachrus).
● “Columba (Peristera) puella Schlegel ...1848 ...Not Columba puella Lesson 1827 ...I can find no structural characters that would warrant the retention of the genus Calopelia for this species” (Peters 1937) (subsp. Turtur brehmeri).

SUBSPECIES

Manus Monarch (infelix)
Latin Name: Symposiachrus infelix infelix
infelix
L. infelix, infelicis  unhappy, unfortunate, unfruitful  < in-  not; felix, felicis  fruitful, fortunate, favourable, lucky.
● “I have concluded that the genera Certhilauda and Mirafra cannot be kept separate. This affects the names of two forms of C. curvirostra ...C. c. transvaalensis Roberts (1936, Rustenburg) is preoccupied by Mirafra africana transvaalensis Hartert 1900” (White 1960) (syn. Certhilauda semitorquata transvaalensis).
● “Unfortunately it is in a very imperfect state, the bill and greater part of the tail feathers having been shot away” (P. Sclater 1877) (Symposiachrus).
● “Columba (Peristera) puella Schlegel ...1848 ...Not Columba puella Lesson 1827 ...I can find no structural characters that would warrant the retention of the genus Calopelia for this species” (Peters 1937) (subsp. Turtur brehmeri).

Manus Monarch (coultasi)
Latin Name: Symposiachrus infelix coultasi
coultasi
Cdr. William Ferrell Coultas (1899-1965) US Navy, intelligence officer, collector in the Pacific 1929-1937 (Mark Brown in litt.) (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, Monachella, Rhipidura, subsp. Symposiachrus infelix).