Millerbird
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The millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Species
Endangeredvia IUCN
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acrocephalus
- Image
- Nihoa millerbird.gif
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- Commons category
- Acrocephalus familiaris
- taxon name
- Acrocephalus familiaris
- taxon common name
- felosa-havaiana
- endemic to
- Hawaii
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- A. familiaris
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The millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
== Taxonomy == It has two subspecies, A. f. kingi and A f. familiaris. The nominate subspecies, the Laysan millerbird, became extinct sometime between 1916 and 1923. The other, the critically endangered Nīhoa millerbird, is the only race left, inhabiting the small island of Nīhoa in Hawaii, though it has since been reintroduced to Laysan. It is the only Old World warbler to have colonised Hawaii, and there is no fossil evidence that the species ever had a distribution beyond these two islands.
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