Mangareva Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus astrolabii)

Year Last Seen:

1839

Comments:

This species is Extinct. It was not recorded since the type series collection in 1838 or 1839 (Holyoak and Thibault 1978, Kennerley and Pearson 2010). The causes of this extinction are unknown, as the precise home of this distinctive Acrocephalus had been uncertain, although it is now thought to have come from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

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Distribution:

This species is known from a specimen that was previously thought to have come from Yap, Federated States of Micronesia in 1838 or 1839; this, however, was an error and it actually came from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia (Cibois et al. 2011). It has not been recorded since and hence is considered extinct (Holyoak and Thibault 1978, Kennerley and Pearson 2010).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data