Pomarea
| Pomarea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Monarchidae |
| Genus: | Pomarea Bonaparte, 1854 |
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
Species:[1]
- Rarotonga monarch (Pomarea dimidiata)
- Tahiti monarch (Pomarea nigra)
- †Maupiti monarch (Pomarea pomarea)
- Marquesan monarch (Pomarea mendozae)
- Ua Pou monarch (Pomarea mira)
- †Nuku Hiva monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae)
- Iphis monarch (Pomarea iphis)
- †Eiao monarch (Pomarea fluxa)
- Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi)
Status
The genus is highly threatened, with three of the nine 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
- ↑ "IOC World Bird List 6.4". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4.
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