Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Caroline Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus syrinx) - HBW 11, p. 628

French: Rousserolle des Carolines German: Carolinenrohrsänger Spanish: Carricero de las Carolinas
Other common names: Caroline Islands Reed-warbler

Taxonomy: Sylvia syrinx Kittlitz, 1835, Woleai Atoll, Caroline Islands.
Has been treated as conspecific with A. luscinius, but smaller size, much shorter bill, and different song and ecology justify treatment as separate species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Caroline Is (Woleai, Lamotrek, Truk, Pohnpei, Nukuoro, Kosrae).