Monarch Flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Monarchidae
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are about 100 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in American Samoa.
- Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of American Samoa
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