Kiritimati Sandpiper
Prosobonia cancellata(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Kiritimati Sandpiper
The Kiritimati Sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: formerly Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (Line Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1778Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia cancellata
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Kiritimati Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa cancellata
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean, ex Latham, Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, Barred Phalarope, p. 274.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.675
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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