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Carterornis

Carterornis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae that are found in Australia and Melanesia.

When the genus Monarcha was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, 3 species were moved to the resurrected genus Carterornis. The genus had originally been introduced by the Australian born ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1912 with the white-eared monarch (Carterornis leucotis) as the type species.

The genus contains the following species:

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