Garrett's reed warbler (''Acrocephalus musae''), sometimes called Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler was a
songbird
A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...
in the genus ''
Acrocephalus''. Formerly placed in the "
Old World warbler
Old World warblers are a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the ci ...
" assemblage (Sylviidae), it is now in the newly recognized marsh warbler
family
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Acrocephalidae
The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea.
The species in this family are usually rather large "warblers". Most are rather pla ...
. It was endemic to
Raiatea
Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the ...
and
Huahine
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group ''(Îles sous le Vent).'' At the 2017 census it had a population of 6,075. ...
in the
Society Islands
The Society Islands (french: Îles de la Société, officially ''Archipel de la Société;'' ty, Tōtaiete mā) are an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the F ...
.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the
Tahiti reed warbler
The Tahiti reed warbler (''Acrocephalus caffer'') is a songbird in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Sylviidae), but is now in the newly recognized marsh warbler family Acrocephalidae. It is ...
.
There are 2 subspecies:
* ''Acrocephalus musae garretti'' -
Huahine
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group ''(Îles sous le Vent).'' At the 2017 census it had a population of 6,075. ...
Island,
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(19th century?)
* ''Acrocephalus musae musae'' -
Raiatea
Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the ...
Island,
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(19th century?)
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Garrett's reed warbler
Garrett's reed warbler (''Acrocephalus musae''), sometimes called Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler was a songbird in the genus ''Acrocephalus (bird), Acrocephalus''. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Syl ...
Birds of the Society Islands
Extinct birds of Oceania
Garrett's reed warbler
Garrett's reed warbler (''Acrocephalus musae''), sometimes called Society Islands reed warbler or Forster's reed-warbler was a songbird in the genus ''Acrocephalus (bird), Acrocephalus''. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Syl ...
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