Acrocephalus orinus Oberholser, 1905
Large-billed reed-warbler, Large-billed reed warbler
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acrocephalus macrorhynchus Hume, 1871
Conservation Status
Last record: 13 September 1867 (Courtney-Haines, 1991:45); November 1867?
Rediscovered in March 2006
IUCN RedList status: [url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22729551/0]Data Deficient[/url]
Distribution
Asia and Afghanistan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Oberholser, Harry C. (1905). Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilimanjaro region, East Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. XXVIII(1411): 823-936.
Other references:
Salim Ali; S Dillon Ripley , (1997), No. 1561. Largebilled Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus (stentoreus) orinus ) Oberholser, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 8 (Warblers to Redstarts ): 116.
Anon. (2007). Large-billed Reed Warbler rediscovered. World Birdwatch 29(1): 4.
Ayé, Raffael, Hertwig, Stefan T. and Schweizer, Manuel. (2010). Discovery of a breeding area of the enigmatic Large-billed Red Warbler Acrocephalus orinus. Journal of Avian Biology 41(4): 452-459.
Kevin Baker; Jeff Baker , (1997), Large-billed Warbler (Acrocephalus orinus), Warblers of Europe, Asia, and North Africa; Princeton University Press, : 193.
Banwell, A. (2009). World Birding roundup. Birding World 22(8): 351.
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BirdLife International. (2012). Acrocephalus orinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 July 2012.
Courtney-Haines, Lawrence M. (1991). A Cabinet of Reed-Warblers: A Monograph Dealing with the Acrocephaline Warblers of the World, and Embracing All Known Species ans Sub-species. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons. xvii + 95 pp.
Dasgupta, J. M.; Roy, Sipra Basu; Datta, Bitan Kumar. (2002). Endemic birds of India. Kolkata, India: Zoological Survey of India.
Gandhi, Tara. (2008). In search of the Large-billed Reed Warbler. Hornbill 2008: 8–11.
Hume, A. O. (1869). ["I recently sent to M. Jules Verreaux, forexamination, a small box of bird-skins…"]. Ibis. (2)5: 355–357.
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Kvartalnov, P.; Abdulnazarov, A.; Samotskaya, V.; Poznyakova, J.; Ilyina, I.; Bannikova, A.; Solovyeva, E. 2013. Nesting of the Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus: a preliminary report. Forktail 29: 37-42.
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Pearson, D. J.; Kennerley, P. R.; Bensch, S. (2008). A second museum specimen of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128(2): 136-138.
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Pitches, Adrian. (2007). News and Comment (Large-billed Reed Warbler rediscovered). British Birds 100(4): 257.
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Raju, David. (2009). A survey of Large-billed Warbler Acrocephalus ornius in the forests of central India. BirdingASIA 12: 10.
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Round, P. D. and Kennerley, P. R. (2007). Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus back from the dead. BirdingASIA 7: 53-54.
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Sangster, G. (2002). DB Actueel (Large-billed Reed Warbler is valid species). Dutch Birding 24(4): 256.
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Svensson, L.; Prys-Jones, R.; Rasmussen, P. C.; Olsson, U. (2008). Discovery of ten new specimens of Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, and new insights into its distributional range. Journal of Avian Biology 39(6): 605-610.
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https://globally-threatened-bird-forums.birdlife.org/large-billed-reed-warbler-acrocephalus-orinus-list-as-least-concern/