{{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.136546_1_-_Metabolus_rugensis_(Hombron_&_Jacquinot,_1841)_-_Monarchidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg | image_caption = | taxon = Metabolus | authority = Bonaparte, 1854 | synonyms = }}
'''''Metabolus''''' is a monotypic genus of bird in the family Monarchidae found in Australia and Melanesia.
==Taxonomy and systematics== ===Extant species=== The genus ''Metabolus'' presently contains only a single species:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/monarchs/|title=Monarchs « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> * Chuuk monarch (''Metabolus rugensis'')
===Former species=== Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Metabolus'': *Yap monarch (as ''Metabolus godeffroyi'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=5280B1809E5540BE|title=Metabolus godeffroyi - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> *Tinian monarch (as ''Metabolus takatsukasae'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=52228B7B4B6B6933|title=Metabolus takatsukasae - Avibase|website=avibase.bsc-eoc.org|access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref>
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Category:Metabolus Category:Monotypic bird genera Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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