Abstract

On 24 September 2010, a wild Great Reed Warbler × Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus × A. scirpaceus) was captured in northeastern Romania. The bird belonged to the Reed Warbler phenotype, but the body seemed to be larger than normal. DNA analyses of blood samples using the cytochrome b (CytB), cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) belonging to the mitochondrial genome sequences and conserved microsatellite loci, revealed that the bird was a hybrid between the Great Reed Warbler (the female genitor) and the Reed Warbler (the male genitor).

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