Fatuhiva Monarch

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iFatuhiva Monarch
Conservation status

Critically endangered (CR), possibly extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicruridae
Genus: Pomarea
Species: P. whitneyi
Binomial name
Pomarea whitneyi
Murphy & Mathews, 1928

The Fatuhiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) is a large flycatcher. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

It is critically endangered, with an estimated population of less than 1,000.

The binomial name commemorates the US philanthropist Harry Payne Whitney.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Pomarea whitneyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

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