Moorea Sandpiper
Prosobonia ellisi
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<birdfyi-bird slug="prosobonia-ellisi"></birdfyi-bird>The Moorea Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) is a bird species in the family Scolopacidae (strandläufer und schnepfen), within the order Charadriiformes (watvögel und möwen). The IUCN Red List classifies it as Extinct.
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Moorea Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, extinct sandpiper that inhabited Moorea, French Polynesia, closely related to Tahiti Sandpiper. Known from a single 18th-century specimen. Eliminated by introduced mammalian predators and habitat destruction shortly after European contact. EX. Part of a broader Pacific island shorebird extinction wave.
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Taxonomie
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordnung | Charadriiformes (Watvögel und Möwen) |
| Familie | Scolopacidae (Strandläufer und Schnepfen) |
| Genus | Prosobonia |
| Arten | Prosobonia ellisi |
Distribution
Moorea Sandpiper has been recorded in 1 countries.
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