Tahiti Reed-warbler

Tahiti Reed-warbler

Taxobox
name = Tahiti Reed-warbler
status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Acrocephalidae
genus = "Acrocephalus"
species = "A. caffer"
binomial = "Acrocephalus caffer"
binomial_authority = (Sparrman, 1786)

The Tahiti Reed-warbler ("Acrocephalus caffer") is 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 is endemic to French Polynesia, and is sometimes known as the Polynesian Warbler.

There are numerous subspecies, but some have been elevated to full species rank in recent times. The nominate race "Acrocephalus caffer caffer" - the Tahiti Reed-warbler proper - is restricted to Tahiti, with a population of less than a thousand individuals. Other races include:
* Eiao Polynesian Warbler, "Acrocephalus caffer aquilonis"
* Hatutaa Polynesian Warbler, "Acrocephalus caffer postremus"
* Huahine Polynesian Warbler, "Acrocephalus caffer garretti" - extinct (19th century?)
* Raiatea Polynesian Warbler, "Acrocephalus caffer musae" - extinct (19th century?)

As a whole, the Polynesian Warbler was classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN [BLI (2004)] . But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed, not the least because some populations have been split off this species. Consequently, it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008 [BLI (2008)] .

Footnotes

References

*|year=2004|id=302|title=Acrocephalus caffer|downloaded=11 May 2006
* (2008): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7616&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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