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Pomarea dimidiata (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871)

Rarotonga monarch, Cook Islands flycatcher, Kakerori, Rarotonga flycatcher

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Anon. 2005. Major setback for Rarotonga Monarch. World Birdwatch 27: 10.

Chan, C-H., Robertson, H.A., Saul, E.K., Nia, L.V., Luong, V.P., Kong, X., Zhoa, Y., Chambers, G.K., 2011. Genetic variation in the kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata), an endangered endemic bird successfully recovering in the Cook Islands. Conservation Genetics 12: 441-447.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. (2016). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Hay, R. 1986. Bird conservation in the Pacific Islands. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

McCormack, G.; Künzle, J. 1990. Kakerori - Rarotonga's endangered flycatcher.

Robertson, H. 2000. Kakerori recovery. Wingspan 10: 27.

Robertson, H., Adams, L. and Cockburn, S. 2011. Status of Kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata) on Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in August 2011. Report to the Takitumu Conservation Area Project, and the Te Ipukarea Society as part of the project “Sustainable management of Rarotonga Flycatcher and Its Habitat". Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robertson, H. A.; Hay, J. R.; Saul, E. K.; McCormack, G. V. 1994. Recovery of the Kakerori: an endangered forest bird of the Cook Islands. Conservation Biology 8(4): 1078-1086.

Robertson, H.A., Karika, I. and Saul, E.K. 2006. Translocation of Rarotonga monarchs Pomarea dimidiata within the Southern Cook Islands. Bird Conservation International 16(3): 197-215.

Robertson, H. A.; Karika, I.; Mateariki, G.; Nia, L.; Saul, E. K. 2009. Long-term management of Kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata) in the Cook Islands. Department of Conservation, Wellington, NZ.

Robertson, H. A.; Saul, E. K. 2006. Conservation of Kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata) in the Cook Islands in 2004/05. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Robertson, H. A.; Saul, E. S. 2007. Conservation of kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata) in the Cook Islands in 2005/06. New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Sanders, K. H.; Minot, E. O.; Fordham, R. A. 1995. Juvenile dispersion and use of habitat by the endangered Kakerori Pomarea dimidiata (Monarchinae) on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Pacific Conservation Biology 2(2): 167-176.

Saul, E.; Karika, I.; Robertson, H. 2007. Restoring the Rarotonga Monarch.

Saul, E. K.; Robertson, H. A.; Tiraa, A. 1998. Breeding biology of the Kakerori Pomarea dimidiata on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Notornis 45: 255-269.

SPREP. 1999. Proceedings of the Polynesian Avifauna Conservation Workshop held in Rarotonga, 26-30 April 1999.

 

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