Nuku Hiva Monarch

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Nuku Hiva Monarch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Pomarea
Species: P. nukuhivae
Binomial name
Pomarea nukuhivae
Murphy & Mathews, 1928

The Nuku Hiva Monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae) was a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It was endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

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