Hypothymis Explained

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) as the type species.^{[1] [2]} The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.^[3]

Species

The genus contains four species:^[4]

Male	Female	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
			Hypothymis azurea	tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines
			Hypothymis puella	eastern Indonesia.
			Hypothymis helenae	Philippines.
			Hypothymis coelestis	Philippines.

Notes and References

1. Boie . Friedrich . Friedrich Boie . 1826 . Generalübersicht . Isis von Oken . 1826 . Col 973 . de .
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 472 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 200 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Monarchs . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 24 August 2019 .