Garrett's reed warbler

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Garrett's reed warbler
Acrocephalus caffer musae.jpg
Acrocephalus musae by Georg Forster
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler was a songbird in the genus Acrocephalus . Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Sylviidae), it is now in the newly recognized marsh warbler 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). "Acrocephalus musae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2017: e.T22735592A117345149. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735592A117345149.en . Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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