Prosobonia leucoptera

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	CHARADRIIFORMES	SCOLOPACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Prosobonia leucoptera

Species Authority:

(Gmelin, 1789)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Tahitian Sandpiper, Tahiti Sandpiper

Taxonomic Notes:

White-winged Sandpiper P. ellisi was historically considered a synonym of this taxon⁴, but it has been shown to be a good species³.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species was known from Tahiti, French Polynesia, but it has not been recorded since a specimen was collected in 1777, and is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is likely to have been the primary driver.

History:

2008	–	Extinct
2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Prosobonia leucoptera was endemic to Tahiti, in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (Pratt et al. 1987). The type was collected by Forster and painted by his son in 1773; the specimen is now in Leiden and the painting in London (Walters 1994). Another specimen, now lost, was taken in 1777 (Greenway 1967).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: French Polynesia
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	All that is known of the species's ecology is that Forster noted that the birds occurred along highland streams (Walters 1994).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its extinction was probably caused by introduced rats (Greenway 1967).

Major Threat(s):

Its extinction was probably caused by introduced rats (Greenway 1967).

Bibliography [top]

	Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012). Pratt, H. D.; Bruner, P. L.; Berrett, D. G. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 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.

Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York.

IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).

Pratt, H. D.; Bruner, P. L.; Berrett, D. G. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

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.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Prosobonia leucoptera. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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