Species profile
Ellis's Sandpiper
Prosobonia ellisi
Quick answer
Extinct. Formerly Moorea (Society Islands); not reported since it was discovered in 1777
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia ellisi
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Prosobonia
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording Ellis's Sandpiper in your journal
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