Acrocephalus rodericanus (A. Newton, 1865)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rodriguesrohrsänger auf dem Gebiet der Grande Montagne, Rodrigues / Rodrigues warbler in the Grande Montagne area, Rodrigues
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Rodrigues warbler (Acrocephalus rodericanus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae.
It is found only on the island of Rodrigues (which belongs to Mauritius) and used to be plentiful there. Their population soon got smaller. Cyclone Monique in 1968 almost wiped out the entire species. Then a cyclone in 1979 reduced the population even more. The main threats to these birds is the destruction of vegetation for fuel or grazing, rats, and cyclones (natural disasters).
It was considered extinct in the 1960s, but was rediscovered in the 1970s.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Rodrigues warbler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:47:28.764804+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acrocephalus rodericanus (A. Newton, 1865)
- Name authority
- (A. Newton, 1865)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Acrocephalidae
- Genus
- Acrocephalus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAcrocephalidae Salvin, 1882
- genusAcrocephalus J. A. Naumann & J. F. Naumann, 1811
- speciesAcrocephalus rodericanus (A. Newton, 1865)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acrocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola (Jerdon, 1845) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acrocephalus astrolabii Holyoak & Thibault, 1978 | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus baeticatus (Vieillot, 1817) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps Swinhoe, 1860 | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blunt-winged WarblerAcrocephalus concinens (Swinhoe, 1870) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MillerbirdAcrocephalus familiaris (Rothschild, 1892) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acrocephalus hiwae (Yamashina, 1942) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nightingale Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus luscinius (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus mendanae Tristram, 1883 | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acrocephalus nijoi (Yamashina, 1940) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Bebrornis rodericanus (A. Newton, 1865) (A. Newton, 1865) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916776 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:9L7S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.