Endangered
Saipan Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus hiwae
The Saipan reed warbler or gå'ga' karisu in Chamorro is an endangered songbird of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Appearance
The Saipan reed warbler is approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) long, and is greyish olive-brown above with a pale-yellow underside. Both sexes have a long bill compared to other reed warbler species.
Published measurements include mass about 34.
Range and habitat
It occurs on two islands: Saipan and Alamagan. It inhabits wetlands, thickets and the margins of forests. The Saipan reed warbler or gå'ga' karisu in Chamorro is an endangered songbird of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Habits
Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.
In crisis
Threats to the survival of the Saipan reed warbler include habitat destruction resulting from urban development and agriculture, the introduction of invasive species, and volcanic eruptions.
Saipan Reed Warbler is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Saipan Reed Warbler, Wikidata item Q12252776. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
