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Iphis Monarch
Pomarea iphis Murphy & Mathews, 1928
Monarchidae — Monarchs
Iphis Monarch, Pomarea iphis, is a monarch in the family Monarchidae that breeds on Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands of north-eastern Polynesia. It was described by Murphy & Mathews in 1928. Endemic to French Polynesia, it is confined to this single island. Its recorded habitats include dry forest, moist lowland forest, moist shrubland and plantations. It has been placed in the order Passeriformes. A former subspecies, Pomarea iphis fluxa, was separated in 2012 as the Eiao monarch.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae — Monarchs
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Ua Huka (c Marquesas Is., ne Polynesia)
