Nuku Hiva monarch

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Nuku Hiva monarch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Pomarea
Species:
P. nukuhivae
Binomial name
Pomarea nukuhivae
Murphy & Mathews, 1928
Synonyms
  • Pomarea mendozae nukuhivae

The Nuku Hiva monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae), or Nukuhiva flycatcher, was a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It was endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It became extinct due to habitat loss and introduced predators. The last confirmed sighting was in the 1930s and a possible sighting was reported in 1975.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics[edit]

The Nuku Hiva monarch was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Marquesan monarch until elevated to species rank by the IOC in 2012.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pomarea nukuhivae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732936A95052074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732936A95052074.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Nuku Hiva Monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae) - BirdLife species factsheet". www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  3. ^ "IOC World Bird List 3.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.3.1.