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

Monarchidae
. It was endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural
montane forests
, and heavily degraded former forest. It became
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

The Nuku Hiva monarch was formerly considered as a subspecies of the

IOC in 2012.[3]

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