Steel-blue flycatcher

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Steel-blue flycatcher

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Myiagra
Species:	M. ferrocyanea
Binomial name
*Myiagra ferrocyanea* Ramsay, 1879
Subspecies
See text

The steel-blue flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the steel-blue flycatcher include Solomons flycatcher, Solomons Myiagra flycatcher, Solomons satin flycatcher and steel-blue Myiagra.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:^[2]

M. f. cinerea - (Mathews, 1928): Found on Bougainville Island and Buka Island
M. f. ferrocyanea - Ramsay, 1879: Found on Santa Isabel Island, Choiseul Island and Guadalcanal
M. f. feminina - Rothschild & Hartert, 1901: Originally described as a separate species. Found on New Georgia Islands
M. f. malaitae - Mayr, 1931: Found on Malaita

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiagra ferrocyanea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707380A94120420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707380A94120420.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.

Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Corvoidea

Subfamily Terpsiphoninae

Hypothymis	Black-naped monarch (H. azurea) Pale-blue monarch (H. puella) Short-crested monarch (H. helenae) Celestial monarch (H. coelestis)
Trochocercus	Blue-mantled crested flycatcher (T. cyanomelas) Blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. nitens)
Terpsiphone (Paradise flycatchers)	Bedford's paradise flycatcher (T. bedfordi) Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (T. rufocinerea) Red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer) Annobón paradise flycatcher (T. smithii) Bates's paradise flycatcher (T. batesi) African paradise flycatcher (T. viridis) Indian paradise flycatcher (T. paradisi) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (T. affinis) Amur paradise flycatcher (T. incei) Japanese paradise flycatcher (T. atrocaudata) Blue paradise flycatcher (T. cyanescens) Rufous paradise flycatcher (T. cinnamomea) São Tomé paradise flycatcher (T. atrochalybeia) Malagasy paradise flycatcher (T. mutata) Seychelles paradise flycatcher (T. corvina) Mascarene paradise flycatcher (T. bourbonnensis)

Subfamily Monarchinae

Chasiempis (‘Elepaios)	Kauaʻi ʻelepaio (C. sclateri) O'ahu ʻelepaio (C. ibidis) Hawaiʻi ʻelepaio (C. sandwichensis)
Pomarea	Rarotonga monarch (P. dimidiata) Tahiti monarch (P. nigra) Marquesan monarch (P. mendozae) Ua Pou monarch (P. mira) Iphis monarch (P. iphis) Fatu Hiva monarch (P. whitneyi)
Mayrornis	Vanikoro monarch (M. schistaceus) Ogea monarch (M. versicolor) Slaty monarch (M. lessoni)
Neolalage	Buff-bellied monarch (N. banksiana)
Clytorhychus (Shrikebills)	Southern shrikebill (C. pachycephaloides) Fiji shrikebill (C. vitiensis) Black-throated shrikebill (C. nigrogularis) Santa Cruz shrikebill (C. sanctaecrucis) Rennell shrikebill (C. hamlini)
Metabolus	Chuuk monarch (M. rugensis)
Symposiachrus	Black monarch (S. axillaris) Spot-winged monarch (S. guttula) Black-bibbed monarch (S. mundus) Flores monarch (S. sacerdotum) Boano monarch (S. boanensis) Louisiade monarch (S. melanopterus) Spectacled monarch (S. trivirgatus) Moluccan monarch (S. bimaculatus) Kai monarch (S. leucurus) Tanahjampea monarch (S. everetti) Buru monarch (S. loricatus) Kofiau monarch (S. julianae) Biak monarch (S. brehmii) Hooded monarch (S. manadensis) Manus monarch (S. infelix) Mussau monarch (S. menckei) Black-tailed monarch (S. verticalis) Solomons monarch (S. barbatus) Kolombangara monarch (S. browni) White-collared monarch (S. vidua)
Monarcha	Rufous monarch (M. rubiensis) Island monarch (M. cinerascens) Black-faced monarch (M. melanopsis) Black-winged monarch (M. frater) Bougainville monarch (M. erythrostictus) Chestnut-bellied monarch (M. castaneiventris) White-capped monarch (M. richardsii) Yap monarch (M. godeffroyi) Tinian monarch (M. takatsukasae)
Carterornis	White-eared monarch (C. leucotis) White-naped monarch (C. pileatus) Golden monarch (C. chrysomela)
Arses	Ochre-collared monarch (A. insularis) Frilled monarch (A. telescopthalmus) Frill-necked monarch (A. lorealis) Pied monarch (A. kaupi)
Grallina	Magpie-lark (G. cyanoleuca) Torrent-lark (G. bruijni)
Myiagra	Oceanic flycatcher (M. oceanica) Palau flycatcher (M. erythrops) Pohnpei flycatcher (M. pluto) Moluccan flycatcher (M. galeata) Biak black flycatcher (M. atra) Leaden flycatcher (M. rubecula) Steel-blue flycatcher (M. ferrocyanea) Makira flycatcher (M. cervinicauda) Melanesian flycatcher (M. caledonica) Vanikoro flycatcher (M. vanikorensis) Samoan flycatcher (M. albiventris) Azure-crested flycatcher (M. azureocapilla) Chestnut-throated flycatcher (M. castaneigularis) Broad-billed flycatcher (M. ruficollis) Satin flycatcher (M. cyanoleuca) Shining flycatcher (M. alecto) Velvet flycatcher (M. hebetior) Paperbark flycatcher (M. nana) Restless flycatcher (M. inquieta)

Taxon identifiers
Myiagra ferrocyanea	Wikidata: Q2224559 Wikispecies: Myiagra ferrocyanea Avibase: 84E82B76FE0BFB16 BirdLife: 22707380 BOW: stbfly1 CoL: 452MY eBird: stbfly1 GBIF: 2486644 iNaturalist: 8069 IRMNG: 11368772 ITIS: 561289 IUCN: 22707380 NCBI: 381030 Observation.org: 75783 Open Tree of Life: 346150 Xeno-canto: Myiagra-ferrocyanea

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