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Tahiti Sandpiper
Prosobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Tahiti Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, was an extinct sandpiper of Tahiti in the Society Islands of eastern Polynesia. It belonged to the family Scolopacidae and was formally named in 1789. The bird was tied to small streams, and it is known from a single surviving museum specimen. Its plumage was plain overall, with darker upperparts, browner underparts and a white patch on the wing. It also had a short, thin bill, unwebbed toes and a small pale ring around the eye.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Tahiti (Society Is., e Polynesia)
