Acrocephalus musae musae Forster, 1844
Raiatea reed-warbler, Forster's reed-warbler, Leeward Islands reed-warbler (generic?)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.1870; 1870's (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Forster, J. R. (1844) In Henrich Lichtenstein (ed.) Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto collegit, observavit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster. Berlin.
Other references:
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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.
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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)]
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