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Classification
Bird
🍽️
Diet
Carnivore
⏱️
Lifespan
5–8 years
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Weight
20–28 g
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
The Tahitian Monarch (Pomarea nigra) is a bird indigenous to French Polynesia. It inhabits native forests with dense undergrowth on tahiti island.
Habitat
🌿 native forests with dense undergrowth on tahiti island
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Monarchidae
Genus
Pomarea
Fun Facts
1
The Tahitian monarch is one of the rarest birds in the world, with only 50–80 individuals remaining in the wild
2
This small flycatcher is found only on the island of Tahiti and nowhere else in the world
3
Intensive conservation efforts including rat control and invasive species management are the only things preventing its extinction
4
Known locally as 'omama'o,' the Tahitian monarch is a powerful symbol of French Polynesia's unique and threatened endemic biodiversity
5
Females lay only one egg per breeding season, making population recovery agonizingly slow