Garrett's reed warbler

Garrett's reed warbler
Acrocephalus musae by Georg Forster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species: A. musae
Binomial name
Acrocephalus musae
(J.R. Forster, 1844)

Garrett's reed warbler or Society Islands reed warbler (Acrocephalus musae) 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 Raiatea and Huahine in the Society Islands.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Tahiti reed warbler.

There are 2 subspecies:

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