Acrocephalus longirostris Gmelin, 1789
Moorea reed-warbler, Mo'orea reed-warbler, Mo'orea reed warbler
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acrocephalus caffer longirostris Gmelin, 1789
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1981 (Martin et al., 2023); 1987 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Moorea, Society Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Aves Anseres. Tome I. Pars II. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae. 1(2): 501-1032.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2016). Acrocephalus longirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22735588A104321815. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735588A104321815.en. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1
Cibois, A., Thibault, J.-C. and Pasquet, E. (2008). Systematics of the extinct reed warblers Acrocephalus of the Society Islands of eastern Polynesia. Ibis 150(2): 365-376. [Abstract]
Cibois, A., J.S. Beadel, G.R. Graves, , E. Pasquet, B. Slikas, S.A. Sonsthagen, J.-C. Thibault, and R.C. Fleischer. (2011). Charting the course of reed-warblers across the Pacific islands. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1963-1975.
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.
Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]