Henderson Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus taiti)

Other Names (World)
Henderson Reed-Warbler, Henderson Island Reed-Warbler, Henderson Warbler, Henderson Sparrow, Henderson Island Warbler, Henderson Island Sparrow, Henderson Reed Warbler, Henderson Island Reed Warbler

Family
Acrocephalidae (Reed-warblers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1913

Range (Guide)

Pitcairn Islands (B).

Henderson I, in south-western Pitcairn Is (southern Polynesia).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 11,000 (2010) and stable.

Status VU
Predation by Pacific rat Rattus exulans and freal cats is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Snails, ants, flies, beetles, cockroaches, large wasps, seeds and fruit pulp.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Henderson Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus taiti) [XC97599]
by id from Henderson I., Pitcairn Group, UK, United Kingdom (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Acrocephalus vaughani (Sibley and Monroe 1990) has been split into Pitcairn Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani), Rimatara Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus rimitarae) and Henderson Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus taiti) following Sibley and Monroe (1993). Note that Collar et al. (1994) followed Sibley and Monroe (1990) in treating these three taxa as a single species, Pitcairn Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani).

Has been treated as conspecific with Rimatara Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus rimitarae) and Pitcairn Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani), but basic differences in sequence and pattern of leucistic plumage among the taxa suggest substantial genetic differentiation at species level. As they are separated by great distances of open ocean, gene flow among them is probably less than minimal.

References
See References.

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