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Papenoo Valley, Tahiti Island, French Polynesia

Alternative name: Polynesian Warbler

Acrocephalus caffer

[edit] Identification

19 cm. Two colour-morphs. Most birds pale yellow, mottled with brownish-olive above. Dark morph all dark olive-brown.

[edit] Distribution

French Polynesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Three subspecies recognized:

• A. c. caffer on Tahiti
• A. c. garretti on Huahine (possibly extinct)
• A. c. longirostris on Moorea

[edit] Habitat

Bamboo thickets and second growth forests in river valleys and hillsides to 1,700 m.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects, lizards, small fish, crayfish, snails and nectar.

It is believed to breed exclusively in bamboo thickets.

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