Tahiti Sandpiper
Prosobonia leucoptera
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<birdfyi-bird slug="prosobonia-leucoptera"></birdfyi-bird>The Tahiti Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) 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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Tahiti Sandpiper: 18–20 cm, extinct sandpiper once endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia. Known from a few 18th-century specimens collected during Cook's voyages. Pale with white wing-patches. Extinct by the mid-19th century; likely eliminated by rats and cats introduced with European contact. EX.
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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 leucoptera |
Distribution
Tahiti Sandpiper has been recorded in 1 countries.
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