TAHITI MONARCH Pomarea nigra CR

Muscicapa nigra Sparrman, 1786

MZUT AV2950; previously mounted; male; (Tahiti?); from Colombi, in 1846.

Remarks.—As the specimen’s provenance is uncertain, it might be referrable to one of the races of Marquesas Monarch Pomarea mendozae, i.e. P. m. mendozae (from Hiva Oa and Tahuata Island, Extinct) or P. m. motanensis (from Mohotani Island, Endangered).