Nesillas is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Established by Harry Church Oberholser in 1899, the name Nesillas comes from the Greek words nēsos, meaning "island" (a reference to Madagascar) and illas, meaning "thrush".
It contains the following five extant (and one recently extinct) species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Grande Comore brush warbler Nesillas brevicaudata Comoros and Mayotte. Subdesert brush warbler Nesillas lantzii Found only in Madagascar. Anjouan brush warbler Nesillas longicaudata Endemic to the Comoros and Mayotte. Moheli brush warbler Nesillas mariae Found only in Comoros. Malagasy brush warbler Nesillas typica Eastern and northern Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. † Aldabra brush warbler Nesillas aldabrana Was endemic to the atoll of Aldabra in the Seychelles; extinct, an individual was last seen in 1983.
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