Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species was endemic to the island of Maupiti, French Polynesia, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat loss and the action of invasive species. It has not been recorded since the type specimen was collected in 1823.
Population justification
No extant population remains.
Pomarea pomarea is known only from the type specimen, collected on Maupiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, by Jules de Blosseville in 1823 (Holyoak and Thibault 1984). It presumably became extinct soon after, as it has not been recorded since.
It is likely to have inhabited forest at all altitudes.
The Society Islands have lost most of their original vegetation and their avifauna has suffered greatly through competition and predation from introduced species (Todd 1984); these factors are likely to have caused its extinction.
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Contributors
Brooks, T., Khwaja, N. & Mahood, S.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Maupiti Monarch Pomarea pomarea. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/maupiti-monarch-pomarea-pomarea on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.