Millerbird
Millerbird | |
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At Laysan, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acrocephalidae |
Genus: | Acrocephalus |
Species: | A. familiaris
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Binomial name | |
Acrocephalus familiaris (Rothschild, 1892)
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Subspecies | |
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
Behavior and breeding
Millerbirds form long-term pair bonds and defend territories over a number of years. Territories can be as large as 0.95 hectares (2.3 acres), although 0.19–0.40 hectares (0.47–0.99 acres) is more typical. Breeding occurs variably from January to September depending on food availability.
Identification
A small warbler that occurs only on Nihoa and Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is unlikely to be confused with any other species; the only other passerines on those islands are finches. It does not occur on the main Hawaiian Islands and prefers dense, low vegetation. It is usually secretive and hard to see well, but males sometimes sing from an exposed perch. The song and calls are harsh chirps and churring.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- Morin, Marie P., Sheila Conant and Patrick Conant. (1997). Laysan and Nihoa Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: [1]
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
- "Acrocephalus familiaris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 February 2009.