title: Metabolus
text: # Metabolus
  
  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:
  
  * 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)
  * Tinian monarch (as Metabolus takatsukasae)
  