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Pohnpei flycatcher
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Myiagra
Species: M. pluto
Binomial name
Myiagra pluto
Finsch, 1876
Synonyms
  • Myiagra oceanica pluto

The Pohnpei flycatcher (Myiagra pluto), known as Koikoi in Pohnpeian, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Micronesia and can be found on the Caroline Islands.

Taxonomy and systematics

Some authorities consider the Pohnpei flycatcher to be a subspecies of the oceanic flycatcher. Alternate names include the Pohnpei broadbill, Ponape broadbill, Ponape flycatcher and Ponape Myiagra flycatcher.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Myiagra pluto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707365A94119644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707365A94119644.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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Extant monarch flycatchers (family: Monarchidae)
Subfamily Terpsiphoninae
Hypothymis
Trochocercus
Terpsiphone
(Paradise flycatchers)
Subfamily Monarchinae
Chasiempis
(‘Elepaios)
Pomarea
Mayrornis
Neolalage
Clytorhychus
(Shrikebills)
Metabolus
Symposiachrus
Monarcha
Carterornis
Arses
Grallina
Myiagra
Taxon identifiers
Myiagra pluto


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