Maupiti monarch

Maupiti monarch
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]

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