Moorea Sandpiper
Prosobonia ellisiSharpe, RB, 1906
English (US) Moorea Sandpiper
The Moorea Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) 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 Moorea (Society Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1777Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia ellisi
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Moorea Sandpiper
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1906
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1906
- Type locality
- Eimeo Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16 p.86
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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