Nightingale reed warbler
| Nightingale reed warbler | |
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| Nightingale Reed-warbler | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Acrocephalus |
| Species: | A. luscinius |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrocephalus luscinius Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acrocephalus luscinia | |
The nightingale reed warbler or Guam reed warbler (Acrocephalus luscinius) is an extinct song bird endemic to Guam. The Chamorro name for the bird is ga ‘kaliso. It has not been reported since the late 1960s and presumed extinct.
The Pagan reed warbler, Aguiguan reed warbler, and Saipan reed warbler are considered subspecies by some taxonomists.
Threats to the nightingale reed warbler
The reasons nightingale reed warbler declined through several introduced species. One of them is the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) and has decimated the populations of several other bird species on Guam. Others include rats, cats and feral ungulates, escaped domesticated animals living in the wild, for example goats or sheep.[2] An introduced plant, Ivy Gourd (Coccinia grandis), destroyed the canopy of the trees nightingale reed warblers build their nests in. Wetland destruction, fires and pesticides, as well as intense human land use (for example for agriculture, tourism or building homes) reduced the available habitat for the nightingale reed warblers and others species.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Acrocephalus luscinius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Rounds, Rachel; Radley, Paul. "Nightingale Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus luscinia)". Web Page of Pacific Bird Conservation, Hawaii. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Acrocephalus luscinius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-3. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2015.