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Acrocephalus rufescens  (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 558427

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Greater Swamp Warbler [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyAcrocephalidae Salvin, 1882  
                               GenusAcrocephalus J. A. Naumann & J. F. Naumann, 1811 – Reed-Warblers  
                                  SpeciesAcrocephalus rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877) – Greater Swamp Warbler  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Acrocephalus rufescens ansorgei (Hartert, 1906)  
                                     Subspecies Acrocephalus rufescens chadensis (Alexander, 1907)  
                                     Subspecies Acrocephalus rufescens rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier, 1877)  
                                     Subspecies Acrocephalus rufescens senegalensis Colston & Morel, 1985  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Acrocephalus rufescens    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.19, website (version 19-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Acrocephalus rufescens   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Acrocephalus rufescens, Greater Swamp Warbler [English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: See Zoonomen website (2011), for explanation of the correct year of publication  
 

 

    

 
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