Pomarea

Genus of birds

Pomarea

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Monarchidae
Genus:  | Pomarea
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Muscicapa nigra[1]

Sparrman, 1786

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Pomarea is a genus of birds in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to the islands of Polynesia. The monarchs of this genus are around 15–19 cm long and most have sexually dimorphic plumage.

## Taxonomy and systematics[edit]

### Extant species[edit]

The genus Pomarea contains six extant species, including one possible extinct:[2]

* Rarotonga monarch (Pomarea dimidiata)
* Tahiti monarch (Pomarea nigra)
* Marquesan monarch (Pomarea mendozae)
* Ua Pou monarch (Pomarea mira) (Possibly extinct)
* Iphis monarch (Pomarea iphis)
* Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi)

### Extinct species[edit]

* †Maupiti monarch (Pomarea maupitiensis)
* †Nuku Hiva monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae)
* †Eiao monarch (Pomarea fluxa)

### Former species[edit]

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Pomarea:

* Bougainville monarch (as Pomarea erythrosticta)[3]
* Chestnut-bellied monarch (ugiensis) (as Pomarea ugiensis)[4]

## Status[edit]

The genus is highly threatened, with three of the six remaining species listed as critically endangered, one endangered and two vulnerable. Three species have already become extinct. The principal threat to all these species is predation by the introduced black rat.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Monarchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. ^ "Monarchs « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
3. ^ "Monarcha erythrostictus – Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
4. ^ "Monarcha ugiensis ugiensis – Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-20.

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Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Order: Passeriformes
* Superfamily: Corvoidea

Subfamily Terpsiphoninae

| Hypothymis|

* Black-naped monarch (H. azurea)
* Pale-blue monarch (H. puella)
* Short-crested monarch (H. helenae)
* Celestial monarch (H. coelestis)

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Trochocercus|

* Blue-mantled crested flycatcher (T. cyanomelas)
* Blue-headed crested flycatcher (T. nitens)

Terpsiphone
(Paradise flycatchers)|

* Bedford's paradise flycatcher (T. bedfordi)
* Rufous-vented paradise flycatcher (T. rufocinerea)
* Red-bellied paradise flycatcher (T. rufiventer)
* Annobón paradise flycatcher (T. smithii)
* Bates's paradise flycatcher (T. batesi)
* African paradise flycatcher (T. viridis)
* Indian paradise flycatcher (T. paradisi)
* Blyth's paradise flycatcher (T. affinis)
* Amur paradise flycatcher (T. incei)
* Japanese paradise flycatcher (T. atrocaudata)
* Blue paradise flycatcher (T. cyanescens)
* Rufous paradise flycatcher (T. cinnamomea)
* São Tomé paradise flycatcher (T. atrochalybeia)
* Malagasy paradise flycatcher (T. mutata)
* Seychelles paradise flycatcher (T. corvina)
* Mascarene paradise flycatcher (T. bourbonnensis)

Subfamily Monarchinae

| Chasiempis
(‘Elepaios)|

* Kauaʻi ʻelepaio (C. sclateri)
* O'ahu ʻelepaio (C. ibidis)
* Hawaiʻi ʻelepaio (C. sandwichensis)

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Pomarea|

* Rarotonga monarch (P. dimidiata)
* Tahiti monarch (P. nigra)
* Marquesan monarch (P. mendozae)
* Ua Pou monarch (P. mira)
* Iphis monarch (P. iphis)
* Fatu Hiva monarch (P. whitneyi)

Mayrornis|

* Vanikoro monarch (M. schistaceus)
* Ogea monarch (M. versicolor)
* Slaty monarch (M. lessoni)

Neolalage|

* Buff-bellied monarch (N. banksiana)

Clytorhychus
(Shrikebills)|

* Southern shrikebill (C. pachycephaloides)
* Fiji shrikebill (C. vitiensis)
* Black-throated shrikebill (C. nigrogularis)
* Santa Cruz shrikebill (C. sanctaecrucis)
* Rennell shrikebill (C. hamlini)

Metabolus|

* Chuuk monarch (M. rugensis)

Symposiachrus|

* Black monarch (S. axillaris)
* Spot-winged monarch (S. guttula)
* Black-bibbed monarch (S. mundus)
* Flores monarch (S. sacerdotum)
* Boano monarch (S. boanensis)
* Louisiade monarch (S. melanopterus)
* Spectacled monarch (S. trivirgatus)
* Moluccan monarch (S. bimaculatus)
* Kai monarch (S. leucurus)
* Tanahjampea monarch (S. everetti)
* Buru monarch (S. loricatus)
* Kofiau monarch (S. julianae)
* Biak monarch (S. brehmii)
* Hooded monarch (S. manadensis)
* Manus monarch (S. infelix)
* Mussau monarch (S. menckei)
* Black-tailed monarch (S. verticalis)
* Solomons monarch (S. barbatus)
* Kolombangara monarch (S. browni)
* White-collared monarch (S. vidua)

Monarcha|

* Rufous monarch (M. rubiensis)
* Island monarch (M. cinerascens)
* Black-faced monarch (M. melanopsis)
* Black-winged monarch (M. frater)
* Bougainville monarch (M. erythrostictus)
* Chestnut-bellied monarch (M. castaneiventris)
* White-capped monarch (M. richardsii)
* Yap monarch (M. godeffroyi)
* Tinian monarch (M. takatsukasae)

Carterornis|

* White-eared monarch (C. leucotis)
* White-naped monarch (C. pileatus)
* Golden monarch (C. chrysomela)

Arses|

* Ochre-collared monarch (A. insularis)
* Frilled monarch (A. telescopthalmus)
* Frill-necked monarch (A. lorealis)
* Pied monarch (A. kaupi)

Grallina|

* Magpie-lark (G. cyanoleuca)
* Torrent-lark (G. bruijni)

Myiagra|

* Oceanic flycatcher (M. oceanica)
* Palau flycatcher (M. erythrops)
* Pohnpei flycatcher (M. pluto)
* Moluccan flycatcher (M. galeata)
* Biak black flycatcher (M. atra)
* Leaden flycatcher (M. rubecula)
* Steel-blue flycatcher (M. ferrocyanea)
* Makira flycatcher (M. cervinicauda)
* Melanesian flycatcher (M. caledonica)
* Vanikoro flycatcher (M. vanikorensis)
* Samoan flycatcher (M. albiventris)
* Azure-crested flycatcher (M. azureocapilla)
* Chestnut-throated flycatcher (M. castaneigularis)
* Broad-billed flycatcher (M. ruficollis)
* Satin flycatcher (M. cyanoleuca)
* Shining flycatcher (M. alecto)
* Velvet flycatcher (M. hebetior)
* Paperbark flycatcher (M. nana)
* Restless flycatcher (M. inquieta)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q723568
* Wikispecies: Pomarea
* CoL: 63P32
* GBIF: 2486732
* iNaturalist: 8586
* ITIS: 558096
* NCBI: 121424
* uBio: 4576032

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