Garrett's reed warbler

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Garrett's reed warbler
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Acrocephalus musae by Georg Forster
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species:
A. musae
Binomial name
Acrocephalus musae
(J.R. Forster, 1844)

Garrett's reed warbler (Acrocephalus musae), sometimes called the Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler, is an extinct species of reed warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It was endemic to Raiatea and Huahine in the Society Islands.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Tahiti reed warbler.

There are 2 subspecies:

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Acrocephalus musae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22735592A117345149. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735592A117345149.en . Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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