Acrocephalus luscinius (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Guam reed-warbler, Nightingale reed-warbler
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1969 (BirdLife International, 2017; Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Guam
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Quoy, M. M. and Gaimard, P. (1830). Voyage de l'Astrolabe, Zoologie, volume 1. Paris: J. Tastu, Éditeur-Impremeur.
Other references:
Amidon, F., Camp, R.J., Marshall, A., Pratt, T.K., Williams, L., Radley, P. and Cruz, J.B. 2014. Terrestrial bird population trends on Aguiguan (Goat Island), Mariana Islands. Bird Conservation International 24(4): 505-517.
BirdLife International. 2016. Acrocephalus luscinius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103780078A94426596. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103780078A94426596.en. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
BirdLife International. 2017. Acrocephalus luscinius (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103780078A119548168. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103780078A119548168.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.
Camp, R. J., Pratt, T. K., Marshall, A. P., Amidon, F., Williams, L. L. 2009. Recent status and trends of the land bird avifauna on Saipan, Mariana Islands, with emphasis on the endangered Nightingale Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus luscinia). Bird Conservation International 19(4): 323-337.
Camp, R. J., T. K. Pratt, F. Amidon, A. P. Marshall, S. Kremer, and M. Laut. 2009. Status and trends of the land bird avifauna on Tinian and Aguiguan, Mariana Islands. Appendix 3.1. Terrestrial Resource surveys of Tinian and Aguiguan, Mariana Islands, 2008. Working Draft. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, Honolulu, HI.
Collar, N.J. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2013. Conservation breeding and avian diversity: chances and challenges. International Zoo Yearbook 48(1): 7-28.
Craig, R. J. 1996. Seasonal population surveys and natural history of a Micronesian bird community. Wilson Bulletin 108: 246-267.
Engbring, J.; Ramsey, F. L.; Wildman, V. J. 1982. Micronesian forest bird survey, 1982: Saipan, Tinian, Agiguan, and Rota. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu.
Esselstyn, J., J. B. Cruz, L.L. Williams, and N. Hawley. 2003. Wildlife and vegetation surveys: Aguiguan 2002.
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.
Kearns, Anna M. et al. (2022). Conservation genomics and systematics of a near-extinct island radiation. Molecular Ecology 31(7): 1995-2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16382
Kennerley, P.; Pearson, D. 2010. Reed and bush warblers. Christopher Helm, London.
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)]
Marshall, A., Amidon, F. and Radley, P. 2011. Nightingale reed-warbler surveys on Alamagan. Appendix 1. Status of the Micronesian Megapode in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report to the U.S. Navy. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Marshall, A.P., Amidon, F. P., Radley, P., Martin, G. and Camp, R. 2008. Nightingale reed-warbler on Aguiguan. Appendix 2.4.4. Terrestrial Resource Surveys of Tinian and Aguiguan, Mariana Islands, 2008. Working Draft. , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office., Honolulu. HI.
Mosher, S.M. and Fancy, S.G. 2002. Description of nests, eggs, and nestlings of the endangered nightingale reed-warbler on Saipan, Micronesia. Wilson Bulletin 114(1): 1-10.
Mosher, S. M. Submitted. Ecology of the endangered Nightingale Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus luscinia) on Saipan, Micronesia. MSc Thesis. University of Idaho.
Reichel, J. D.; Wiles, G. J.; Glass, P. O. 1992. Island extinctions: the case of the endangered Nightingale Reed-warbler. Wilson Bulletin 104: 44-54.
Rodda, G.H., and Savidge, J .A. 2007. Biology and impacts of Pacific Island invasive species. 2. Boiga irregularis, the brown tree snake (Reptilia: Colubridae). Pacific Science 61: 307-324.
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1998. Recovery plan for the Nightingale Reed-warbler Acrocephalus luscinia.
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