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Rarotonga Monarch

Pomarea dimidiata

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 23 g
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 1
Photo: Jake Osborne · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 2
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 3
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 4
Photo: Geoff Shuetrim · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 5
Photo: Geoff Shuetrim · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 6
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 7
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 8
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 9
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0
Rarotonga Monarch (Pomarea dimidiata), photo 10
Photo: Mike Bowie · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Rarotonga monarch is an insectivorous passerine which is 10 cm tall, with an adult mass of 20 grams (0.7 oz) for female birds, and 25 grams (0.9 oz) for large male birds. Hunting mainly consists of foraging for insects within foliage, and occasionally taking insects during flight. The Rarotonga monarch is unusual as its plumage and beak undergoes a sequential colour change as the bird matures. The initial plumage of orange changes to orange-grey mixed, then finally grey when maturity is reached, after four years. Initially, the grey and orange birds were attributed to different species.

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When to see the Rarotonga Monarch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rarotonga Monarch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cook Islands

About the Rarotonga Monarch

The Rarotonga monarch, also known as the Rarotonga flycatcher or kākerōri, is a species of bird in the monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and has been introduced to Atiu, also in the Cook Islands.

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Easily confused with

Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra) Tahiti MonarchPomarea nigraThis bird is 15 centimeters long and black in color with a pale blue bill. Fatu Hiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) Fatu Hiva MonarchPomarea whitneyiThe Fatu Hiva monarch is a large flycatcher in the family Monarchidae. Iphis Monarch (Pomarea iphis) Iphis MonarchPomarea iphisThe Iphis monarch, or Ua Huka flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

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