Maupiti monarch
| Maupiti monarch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Pomarea |
| Species: | † P. pomarea |
| Binomial name | |
| † Pomarea pomarea (Lesson, R & Garnot, 1828) | |
The Maupiti monarch (Pomarea pomarea) was a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It was endemic to the island of Maupiti in the Society Islands (French Polynesia). The Maupiti monarch became extinct shortly after the type specimen was collected in 1823.[2]
The Maupiti monarch was formerly considered conspecific with P. nigra until the species was split in 2012.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pomarea pomarea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Maupiti Monarch (Pomarea pomarea) - BirdLife species factsheet". www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 3.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.3.1.
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