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Tahiti Sandpiper
Prosobonia leucopteraThe Tahiti Sandpiper or Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia. It was discovered in 1773 during Captain Cook’s second voyage where it seems that a single specimen was collected, but became extinct in the nineteenth century. Only one museum specimen is known to exist. The bird's name in the Tahitian language was transcribed as toromē.
Restoration by George Edward Lodge below Based on Zusi & Jehl (1970): A small (some 18 sm long), plain-colored sandpiper, brown below, darker above, with a white wing patch. Top and sides of head and neck to wings and back sooty brown, darker on back and wings. A small white patch behind and above the eye. Chin buffish white. Lores, rump and underside rusty. Wing coverts with some rusty edging. Remiges with paler inner surfaces. Underside of wing dusky brown with paler edges to coverts. A crescent-shaped white patch formed by tertiary coverts; smaller on the underside of the wing. Ten primaries, twelve rectrices. Central tail feathers sooty brown with rusty tips; outer ones rusty with sooty brown barring. Bill blackish, lower mandible slightly paler, pointed, thin and short, rather like in an insectivorous passerine than a wader. Legs greenish-hued pale straw color. Toes unwebbed. A slim pale rusty ring around the eye. The iris was very dark brown. The Tahitian Sandpiper is believed to have occurred near small streams. Two (probably) specimens taken on Moorea by William Anderson between September 30 and October 11, 1777, formed the basis for the description of the White-winged Sandpiper. The 3 specimens which were mentioned by John Latham in 1787 all differed from one another, but the single remaining one, RMNH 87556, cannot be positively identified with any of them and how it came into the possession of the museum cannot be retraced with complete certainty, but it probably was acquired in 1819 with other Forster specimens (Stresemann, 1950). In addition, there exists a painting by Georg Forster drawn from the original specimen (see below) and a beautiful lithograph reconstruction by John Gerrard Keulemans. At any rate, the specimen agrees better with the Tahiti bird in Forster's painting, the Moorea bird - of which another painting, by William Ellis and a plate by J. Webber, supposed to depict the other specimen, constitutes all remaining evidence - differing in the color of wings and head. Whether these two forms were species, subspecies or simply variants due to age or sex cannot be determined with certainty, but for the time being, they are more often being treated as different species than not. Bones of a related form have been found on Mangaia in the Cook Islands. It is not likely that they will be studied anytime soon: a scientific description would require either successful extraction and analysis of DNA from both the bones and the Leiden specimen (which would risk being damaged during extraction of the tissue sample), or the collection of a sufficient amount of material from Tahiti and/or Moorea to determine the Mangaia bird's affiliation by analysis of the osteology. Both possibilities seem very remote.
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Tahiti Sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Tahiti Sandpiper or Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti_Sandpiper Polynesian sandpiper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The extinct Tahitian Sandpiper, P. leucoptera of Tahiti was similar in size and shape ... the remote South Pacific Henderson Island (Wragg 1995), subfossil remains of Prosobonia ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosobonia disparus - Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie "MANU" Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, 1789), Torome, Tete. It is known from the type only, collected by Forster and painted by his son in 1773. www.manu.pf/E_disparus.html White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) » Planet of Birds « White-winged Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) Toucans Wearing GPS Backpacks Help Smithsonian Scientists Study Seed Dispersal » www.planetofbirds.com/passeriformes-frin... Tahitian Sandpiper Pictures and Photos - Photography - Bird ... The Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia. kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/tahitian_sa... White-winged Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) - BirdLife species ... Taxonomic source(s) Brooks (2000) Taxonomic note P. ellisi was historically considered a synonym of P. leucoptera 2, but it has been shown to be a good species 1. www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactshe... Naturalis - Extinct birds - UvA Startpagina - Universiteit van ... Naturalis is the only museum in the world to hold a Tahiti-Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera (Gmelin, 1789) and a specimen of Sharpe's Rail Gallirallus sharpei (Büttikofer ... nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/index.php?lan... EcoBirds Extinction - Others Tahitian Sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera): Extinct since probably the late 1700s early 1800s, this species was/is known from only one specimen ... birds.ecoport.org/Conservation/EBextinct... Ornithological Society of Polynesia "MANU" Prosobonia leucoptera: Tahitian Sandpiper: Moorea (1777) SCOLOPACIDAE: Prosobonia ellisi: White winged Sandpiper: Tahiti (1773) COLUMBIDAE www.manu.pf/E_X.html Extinct birds - Pets Animals Lover Information World White-winged Sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea, Society Islands, 19th century) Doubtfully distinct from P. leucoptera. Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis (Northern ... www.animalloverworld.com/birds/Extinct_b... | Catalogue of Organisms: December 2009 Prosobonia leucoptera was found on Tahiti and Moorea (again, some authors have regarded the two populations as separate species) while undescribed subfossils have been ... coo.fieldofscience.com/2009_12_01_archiv... Society Islands (Endemic Bird Areas of the world) ... an additional three endemics were collected or seen on Cook's voyage in 1773: Tahiti Rail Gallirallus pacificus (Tahiti only), Tahitian Sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera ... www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.p... Tahitian Meaning and Example Sentence: Meaning, definition, sample ... Tahitian Sandpiper: The Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti ... www.dictionary30.com/meaning/Tahitian List of extinct birds - 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools White-winged Sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea, Society Islands, 19th century) Doubtfully distinct from P. leucoptera. Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis (Northern North ... schools-wikipedia.org/wp/l/List_of_extin... The Earthlife Web - Recently Extinct Birds Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera Extinct since probably the late 1700s early 1800s, this species was/is known from only one specimen in a museum in Leyden, Holland. www.earthlife.net/birds/extinction.html BIRDS COLLECTED DURING CAPT. JAMES COOK'S LAST EXPEDITION (1776-1780) They are: a sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera (J 3) from Eimeo and Tahiti; and three birds formerly inhabiting Hawaii, Drepanis pacifica (N 2), Moho nobilis (N 8), and ... elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v067n01/p0066-... zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%BA%AA... Aves | EOLspecies ... Ixobrychus novaezelandiae, Megalapteryx didinus, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, Procellariiformes, Prosobonia leucoptera, Psittaciformes, ... eolspecies.lifedesks.org/pages/14026 Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) » Planet of Birds ... Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Humblots Heron Gymnogyps californianus Dusky Lory Columbina talpacoti Empidonax flaviventris Anas laysanensis Lesser Seed-Finch Prosobonia leucoptera ... www.planetofbirds.com/passeriformes-icte... TiF Checklist: CHARADRIIFORMES Tahiti Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera; Moorean Sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi; Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus; Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor jboyd.net/Taxo/List8.html |
