Christmas sandpiper
| Christmas sandpiper | |
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| 1907 illustration by George Edward Lodge | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Prosobonia |
| Species: | †P. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prosobonia cancellata JF Gmelin, 1789
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| Synonyms | |
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Tringa cancellata Gmelin, 1789 | |
The Christmas sandpiper or Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) was a small shorebird.[1][2] It became extinct some time in the first half of the 19th century. It was endemic to Christmas Island (now also Kiritimati), since 1919 part of Kiribati. It is known solely from a single contemporaneous illustration (by William Wade Ellis), and a description by William Anderson, both made during the third circumnavigation voyage commanded by Captain James Cook, which visited the atoll of Christmas Island between 24 December 1777 and 2 January 1778.[3]
William Ellis' image
References[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Prosobonia cancellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62289108A119208101. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62289108A119208101.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Scolopacidae". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Jansen, Justin J.F.J.; Cibois, Alice (22 June 2020). "Clarifying the morphology of the enigmatic Kiritimati Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata (J. F. Gmelin, 1785), based on a review of the contemporary data". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (1): 142-146. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a4.
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