Tahiti Sandpiper - BirdForum Opus

The species Tahiti Sandpiper is extinct.

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Alternative names: Tahitian Sandpiper; White-winged Sandpiper

Prosobonia leucoptera

Identification

18 cm. Brown below, darker above, white wing patch, sooty brown top and sides of head and neck to wings, darker back and wings, small white patch behind and above the eye, pale rusty eyering, buff white chin, rusty lores, rump and underside, wing coverts with some rusty edging, tail feathers sooty brown with rusty tips; outer ones rusty with sooty brown barring. Black bill, lower mandible slightly paler, pointed, thin and short, greeny-straw legs, toes unwebbed, very dark brown iris.

Distribution

Formerly Tahiti. Extinct since 1800's.

Taxonomy

This was a monotypic species.
Sometimes treated conspecific with Moorea Sandpiper.

Habitat

Near small streams.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Tahiti Sandpiper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tahiti_Sandpiper

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