Pagan reed warbler

Pagan Reed Warbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Sylvioidea
Family: Acrocephalidae
Genus: Acrocephalus
Species: A. yamashinae
Binomial name
Acrocephalus yamashinae
Taka-Tsukasa, 1931

The Pagan reed warbler (Acrocephalus yamashinae) is a songbird once found on Pagan Island. It has been considered extinct since the mid 1970s. The Pagan reed warbler is sometimes considered a subspecies of the nightingale reed warbler.

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