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Fatuhiva Monarch

Pomarea whitneyi Murphy, RC; Mathews, GM 1928

The Fatu Hiva monarch is a large flycatcher in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. It lives in the native dense forest at elevations up to 2300 feet. Adults are a glossy purplish-black with plush-like feathers on their foreheads and grow to around 7 ½ inches. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Monarchidae
Genus:
   Pomarea
Scientific:
  Pomarea whitneyi


Original description

Citation:
  Murphy, RC; Mathews, GM 1928

Reference:
   Amer. Mus. Novit. no.337 p.8

Protonym:
  Pomarea whitneyi

Type locality:
  Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas.

Link:
  https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/3809/


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  01C20C03B7CB30AC

Avibase ID:
  avibase-01C20C03

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/01C20C03


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562389


CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Pomarea whitneyi: Fatuhiva (southern Marquesas Islands)
English:
Fatuhiva Monarch
Catalan:
monarca de l'illa Fatu Hiva
Czech:
lejskovec fatuhivský
Danish:
Fatuhivamonark
German:
Fatuhivamonarch
Spanish:
Monarca de Fatu Hiva
Spanish (Spain):
Monarca de Fatu Hiva
Finnish:
fatuhivanmonarkki
French:
Monarque de Fatu Hiva
Croatian:
crni monarh
Italian:
Monarca di Fatu Hiva
Japanese (romaji):
oomarukesasuhitaki
Japanese:
オオマルケサスヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Didžioji pomarėja
Dutch:
Fatu-Hivamonarch
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Fatuhivamonark
Norwegian:
Fatuhivamonark
Polish:
pacyficzka wielka
Portuguese:
monarca-de-fatu-hiva
Portuguese (Portugal):
monarca-de-fatu-hiva
Russian:
Фатухивская помарея
Slovak:
monarch fatuhivský
Swedish:
fatuhivamonark
Ukrainian:
Пацифея фатугинська
Chinese:
巨果鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
巨果鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Monarque de Fatu Hiva ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Monarque de Fatuhiva ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements, version 2021:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements, version 2022:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements, version 2023:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements, version 2024:
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements 3rd edition:
Fatuhiva Flycatcher ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements 4th edition:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
eBird version 2023:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
eBird version 2024:
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Large Flycatcher ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Large Flycatcher ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Large Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Fatu Hiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pomarea whitneyi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pomarea whitneyi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pomarea whitneyi
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Fatuhiva Monarch ( Pomarea whitneyi)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pomarea whitneyi
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pomarea whitneyi

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: monarca de l'illa Fatu Hiva
Czech: lejskovec fatuhivský, Lejskovec velký
Danish: Fatuhivamonark
German: Fatuhiva Monarch, Fatuhivamonarch
English: Fatu Hiva Flycatcher, Fatu Hiva Monarch, Fatu Iva Monarch, Fatuhiva Flycatcher, Fatuhiva Monarch, Large Flycatcher, Large Monarch
English, HBW: Fatu Hiva Monarch
English (IOC): Fatu Hiva Monarch
English (United States): Fatuhiva Monarch
Spanish: Monarca de Fatu Hiva, Monarca Grande
Spanish (Spain): Monarca de Fatu Hiva
Spanish (HBW): Fatuhiva Monarch
Finnish: fatuhivanmonarkki, Fatuhivasaarenmonarkki
French: Monarque de Fatu Hiva, Monarque de Fatuhiva, Monarque de Whitney
Croatian: crni monarh
Italian: Monarca di Fatu Hiva, Pigliamosche grosso di Whitney
Japanese (romaji): oomarukesasuhitaki
Japanese: オオマルケサスヒタキ
Scientific: Pomarea whitneyi
Lithuanian: Didžioji pomarėja
Dutch: Fatuhivamonarch, Fatu-Hivamonarch, Fatuhiva-monarch
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fatuhivamonark
Norwegian: Fatuhivamonark
Polish: pacyficzka wielka
Portuguese: monarca-de-fatu-hiva
Portuguese (Portugal): monarca-de-fatu-hiva
Russian: Фатухивская помарея
Slovak: monarch fatuhivský
Swedish: Fatuhivamonark
Turkish: Fatu Hiva Adası monarkı
Ukrainian: Пацифея фатугинська
Chinese: 巨果鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 巨果鶲

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