 Due to conservation efforts there are more than 2500 of the species alive today with viable populations on Denis, Frégate, Cousine and Aride Islands, as well as Cousin Island .The Seychelles warbler is closely related to the Rodrigues warbler ("Acrocephalus rodericanus") and the two species have sometimes been placed in their own genus, "Bebrornis".The two species have also been considered allied to the Malagasy genus "Nesillas".