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Vanikoro Flycatcher
Myiagra vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Monarchidae — Monarchs
Vanikoro Flycatcher, Myiagra vanikorensis, is a monarch flycatcher that breeds on Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Islands and across Fiji in south-west Polynesia. It belongs to the Monarchidae family and was first described by Quoy and Gaimard in 1832. The bird is found in forest and along forest edges, and it also uses altered places such as gardens and cultivated land where some trees remain. A notable feature is its broad range of subspecies, with forms recorded from Vanikoro and several parts of Fiji.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae — Monarchs
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Vanikoro (Temotu=Santa Cruz Is., se Solomon Is.) and Fiji (sw Polynesia)
