Marquesan Monarch (Pomarea mendozae)
About the Marquesan Monarch
The Marquesan monarch (Pomarea mendozae) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Marquesan monarch was originally described in the genus Monarcha. Two subspecies are recognized with one of them now extinct: †Hivoa flycatcher (P. m. mendozae) - (Hartlaub, 1854): Formerly found on Tahuata and Hiva Oa, last sighted in 1975 P. m. motanensis - Murphy & Mathews, 1928: Found on Mohotani Additionally, two former subspecies were each re-classified as separate species in 2012: Ua Pou monarch (as P. m. mira) †Nuku Hiva monarch (as P. m. nukuhivae).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in France in the xeno-canto catalogue.