Mangareva Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus astrolabii)

Posted on 31 December, 1839 in Extinct • Tagged with France (Gambier Islands), family-ACROCEPHALIDAE, extinct-1830s

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 …


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