Fiji Shrikebill

Clytorhynchus vitiensis (Hartlaub, 1866)

Fiji Shrikebill, Clytorhynchus vitiensis, is a monarch found in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa across the south-west and central Pacific. It lives in moist lowland forest. The species was first described by Hartlaub in 1866, and it has also been placed in the genus Myiolestes. It is known by the names lesser shrikebill and uniform shrikebill. Several subspecies are recognised, with forms recorded from different islands in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, including Rotuma, Kadavu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, the Lau group, Futuna, Alofi, Niuatoputapu, Tafahi and the central Tonga Islands.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Monarchidae — Monarchs

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Fiji (sw Polynesia), Tonga and Samoa (c Polynesia)