Tahiti Monarch
Pomarea nigra(Sparrman, A, 1786)
English (US) Tahiti Monarch
The Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: highlands of Tahiti (Society Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pomarea nigra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Tahiti Monarch
- Described by
- (Sparrman, A, 1786)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa nigra
- Described by
- (Sparrman, A, 1786)
- Type locality
- Society Islands = Tahiti, fide Mathews, 1930, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 525.
- Original description
- Museum Carlsonianum, in quo novas et selectas aves, coloribus ad vivum brevique descriptione illustratas (etc.) fasc.1 no.xxiii pl.23
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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