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Pohnpei Broadbill
Myiagra pluto Finsch, 1876
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Pohnpei flycatcher (Myiagra pluto), known as Koikoi in Pohnpeian, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Micronesia and can be found on the Caroline Islands.
Wikipedia contributors, Pohnpei flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:35:53.554273+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Myiagra pluto Finsch, 1876
- Name authority
- Finsch, 1876
- Common name
- Pohnpei Broadbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Genus
- Myiagra
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMonarchidae Bonaparte, 1854
- genusMyiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
- speciesMyiagra pluto Finsch, 1876
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Myiagra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris (Peale, 1849) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto (Temminck, 1827) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azure-crested FlycatcherMyiagra azureocapilla E. L. Layard, 1875 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Makira FlycatcherMyiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau BroadbillMyiagra erythrops Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan FlycatcherMyiagra galeata G. R. Gray, 1861 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nana (Gould, 1870) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak Black FlycatcherMyiagra atra A. B. Meyer, 1874 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1818) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea E. P. Ramsay, 1879 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guam BroadbillMyiagra freycineti Oustalet, 1881 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Myiagra oceanica pluto Finsch, 1876 Finsch, 1876 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Finsch, & Friedrich Hermann Otto. (1876). Characters of six new Polynesian Birds in the Museum Godeffroy at Hamburg. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 43. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:452N7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.