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Slaty Monarch
Mayrornis lessoni (Gray, GR, 1846)
Monarchidae — Monarchs
Slaty Monarch, Mayrornis lessoni, is a bird of Fiji in the monarch family, breeding across the western, central and eastern Fiji Islands. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. First described by G. R. Gray in 1846, it was originally placed in the genus Rhipidura. Two subspecies are recognised: lessoni in western and central Fiji, and orientalis in eastern Fiji. It is also known by several other names, including cinereous flycatcher, Fiji flycatcher, Fiji slaty flycatcher and white-tipped slaty flycatcher.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae — Monarchs
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Fiji (sw Polynesia)
