Prosobonia ellisi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	CHARADRIIFORMES	SCOLOPACIDAE

Scientific Name:	Prosobonia ellisi
Species Authority:	(Gmelin, 1789)
Common Name/s: English – White-winged Sandpiper

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	BirdLife International
Reviewer/s:	Bird, J., Butchart, S.
History:	2004 – Extinct 2000 – Extinct 1994 – Extinct 1988 – Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Prosobonia ellisi is known only from two paintings (both in London), by Ellis and Webber, each based on a specimen (both now lost) collected by Anderson on Moorea, in the Society Islands, French Polynesia, during Cook's third voyage in 17771.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Like Tahitian Sandpiper P. leucoptera, it presumably lived along streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

It was presumably driven to extinction by introduced rats in the late 18th century1.

Bibliography [top]

Walters, M. 1994. Dorling Kindersley, London, UK. Zusi, R. L.; Jehl, J. R. 1970. The systematic relationships of Aechmorhynchus, Prosobonia, and Phegornis (Charadriiformes: Charadrii). The Auk 87: 760-780.