Ua Pou Monarch

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

The Ua Pou Monarch (Pomarea mira) 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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