Species profile
Tuamotu sandpiper
Prosobonia cancellata
Quick answer
extinct; formerly Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia cancellata
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Prosobonia
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording Tuamotu sandpiper in your journal
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