Family: Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Authority: Holyoak & Thibault, 1978

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
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).  Given that the precise home of this distinctive Acrocephalus has never been determined, the causes of this extinction are unknown.

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Country endemic: Yes