Aldabra brush warbler
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Nesillas |
| Species: | †N. aldabrana
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| †Nesillas aldabrana | |
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Nesillas aldabranus (lapsus) | |
The Aldabra brush warbler (Nesillas aldabrana) is an
Description
The Aldabra brush warbler was a slender bird with relatively short wings and a long, pointed tail. It reached a total length of 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in). The upper parts were dun and the underparts a rather paler hue. The song was never recorded but the call was a nasal, three-syllable chirrup.[2]
Ecology
The Aldabra brush warbler was a shy and retiring bird, difficult to observe in the dense undergrowth in which it lived. It was most readily located by its chirruping call.[2]
Discovery and extinction
The Aldabra brush warbler was discovered by British ornithologists Constantine Walter Benson, Malcolm Penny and Tony Diamond in 1967 and described in 1968 by Benson and Penny on the basis of a male, a female and a nest with 3 eggs. Juveniles were never found.[3]
After the discovery the brush warbler was not seen until a survey by
The possible reasons for its extinction could be attributed to the presence of rats, cats and goats introduced to the atoll many years previously.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-86872-956-2.
- ^ .
- Errol Fuller "Extinct Birds". 2000. ISBN 0-19-850837-9(with a photograph of a living individual)
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors): Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions 2006, ISBN 84-96553-06-X.