Large-billed Reed Warbler rediscovered
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Birds & Birding
Written by
nickupton
The news of the rediscovery of Large-billed Reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus was released yesterday by Birdlife International.
This species was previously known only from one specimen captured in northern India 139 years ago. A few feathers were taken for DNA analysis and it was confirmed that it was A. orinus and not the very similar Blyth's Reed Warbler or Blunt-winged Warbler. Genetic vari
