Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)

Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra) - HBW 11, p. 298

French: Monarque de Tahiti German: Tahitimonarch Spanish: Monarca de Tahití
Other common names: Society Islands Monarch, Tahiti Flycatcher/Monarch-flycatcher; Maupiti Monarch (pomarea)

Taxonomy: Muscicapa nigra Sparrman, 1786, Tahiti.
Extinct race pomarea was confined to Maupiti, where known only from one 1823 specimen and an old painting; may have represented a separate species. Purported extinct race tabuensis, from Tonga, is based on misidentification of Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa). One extant subspecies recognized.

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