Monarch Flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Northern Mariana Islands
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