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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