Species profile
Tahiti monarch
Pomarea nigra
Quick answer
Muscicapa nigra Sparrman, 1786 MZUT AV 2950; previously mounted; male; (Tahiti?); from Colombi, in 1846. Remarks. — As the specimen’s provenance is uncertain, it might be referrable to one of the races of Marquesas Monarch Pomarea mendozae, i. e. P. m. mendozae (from Hiva Oa and Tahuata Island, Extinct) or P. m. motanensis (from Mohotani Island, Endangered).
- Scientific name
- Pomarea nigra
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pomarea
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
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