Moorea Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi)

Posted on 31 December, 1800 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Moorea), family-SCOLOPACIDAE, extinct-1800s

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was known from Moorea, French Polynesia, but it has not been recorded since its collection in 1777 and is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is thought to have been the primary cause.

Habitat:

Like Tahitian Sandpiper P. leucoptera, it presumably lived along …


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