Christmas Sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata)

Posted on 31 December, 1850 in Extinct • Tagged with Australia (Christmas Island), family-SCOLOPACIDAE, extinct-1850s

Year Last Seen:

1850

Comments:

This newly-recognised Pacific sandpiper became Extinct around the 1850s as a result of predation by invasive mammals.

Habitat:

Presumed to be similar to P. parvirostris.

Causes:

This species was presumably driven to extinction by introduced predatory mammals, especially cats and rats.

Distribution:

The type specimen …


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