NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Fatu Hiva Monarch
Pomarea whitneyi Murphy & Mathews, 1928
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 Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Fatu Hiva monarch; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:09:14.687688+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pomarea whitneyi Murphy & Mathews, 1928
- Name authority
- Murphy & Mathews, 1928
- Common name
- Fatu Hiva Monarch
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Genus
- Pomarea
- 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
- genusPomarea Bonaparte, 1854
- speciesPomarea whitneyi Murphy & Mathews, 1928
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pomarea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rarotonga MonarchPomarea dimidiata (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eiao MonarchPomarea fluxa Murphy & Mathews, 1928 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Iphis MonarchPomarea iphis Murphy & Mathews, 1928 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ua Pou MonarchPomarea mira Murphy & Mathews, 1928 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nuku Hiva MonarchPomarea nukuhivae Murphy & Mathews, 1928 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Marquesan MonarchPomarea mendozae (Hartlaub, 1854) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, & and Gregory Macalister Mathews. (1928). Birds Collected During the Whitney South Sea Expedition. V. American Museum Novitates, Vol. 337. 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:4LQRY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.