Fatuhiva Monarch

Fatuhiva Monarch

Taxobox
name = Fatuhiva Monarch
status = CR
trend = down
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Monarchidae
genus = "Pomarea"
species = "P. whitneyi"
binomial = "Pomarea whitneyi"
binomial_authority = Murphy & Mathews, 1928

The Fatuhiva Monarch ("Pomarea whitneyi") is a large flycatcher. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

It is critically endangered, with an estimated population of less than 1,000.

The binomial name commemorates the US philanthropist Harry Payne Whitney.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6080&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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