Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) - HBW 11, p. 628

French: Rousserolle obscure German: Hawaiirohrsänger Spanish: Carricero Familiar
Other common names: Hawaiian Reed-warbler; Laysan Millerbird (familiaris); Nihoa Millerbird/Warbler (kingi)

Taxonomy: Tatare familiaris Rothschild, 1892, Laysan Island, Hawaii.
Relationships with other members of genus unclear, possibly not close. Race kingi sometimes treated as a full species because of morphological differences. Nominate race (restricted to Laysan) extinct. One extant subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • kingi (Wetmore, 1924) - Nihoa, in W Hawaiian Is.

  • Critically Endangered
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