Tahiti Sandpiper
Prosobonia leucoptera(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Tahiti Sandpiper
The Tahiti Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) 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 Tahiti (Society Islands); extinct, not reported since discovery in 1773Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia leucoptera
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Tahiti Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa leucoptera
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Islands of Tahiti and Eimeo, ex Latham, Gen. Syn., 3, pt. 1, White-winged Sandpiper, p. 172, pi. 82.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.678
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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