Moorea reed warbler

Moorea reed warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species: A. longirostris
Binomial name
Acrocephalus longirostris
(J.F. Gmelin, 1789)

Moorea reed warbler (Acrocephalus longirostris) is a songbird in the genus Acrocephalus. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage (Sylviidae), it is now in the newly recognized marsh warbler family Acrocephalidae. It was endemic to Moorea in the Society Islands.

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