Fatu Hiva monarch

Pomarea whitneyi

The Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) is a bird found in French Polynesia. Found in French Polynesia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pomarea whitneyi
Region	South America
Found in	French Polynesia

🏡 Where the Fatu Hiva monarch lives

Found in French Polynesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs80%
🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 42 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures.

Hear the Fatu Hiva monarch

Recorded by JACOB Hervé (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC442553. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Fatu Hiva monarch

Where does the Fatu Hiva monarch live?

The Fatu Hiva monarch lives in French Polynesia. Found in French Polynesia.

What does the Fatu Hiva monarch eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Fatu Hiva monarch endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.