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Pomarea
Sign in to savePomarea is a genus of birds in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to the islands of Polynesia. The monarchs of this genus are around 15–19 cm long and most have sexually dimorphic plumage.
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Pomarea is a genus of birds in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. The genus is restricted to the islands of Polynesia. The monarchs of this genus are around 15–19 cm long and most have sexually dimorphic plumage.
==Taxonomy== The genus Pomarea was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with Muscicapa nigra Sparrman, the Tahiti monarch, as the type species.
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