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Moorea Sandpiper Prosobonia ellisi Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | xivita de Moorea |
| Czech | vodoušek rezavobrvý |
| Danish | Hvidvinget Klire |
| Dutch | Mooreastrandloper |
| English | Moorea Sandpiper |
| English (United States) | Moorea Sandpiper |
| French | Bécasseau d'Ellis |
| French (France) | Bécasseau d'Ellis |
| German | Moorea-Südseeläufer |
| Japanese | モーレアシギ |
| Norwegian | mooreasnipe |
| Polish | brodźczyk rudobrewy |
| Russian | Муреанский атолльник |
| Serbian | Sprutka sa ostrva Murea (izumrla) |
| Slovak | pobrežník tahitský |
| Spanish | Andarrios de Moorea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Andarrios de Moorea |
| Swedish | mooreasnäppa |
| Turkish | Moorea Kumkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Куліга моорейська |
Prosobonia ellisi Sharpe, 1906
PROTONYM:
Prosobonia ellisi
Sharpe, 1906. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 16, p.86.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Eimeo Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PROSOBONIA
- ellisi
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
Systematics History
Subspecies
Not recorded since its initial collection in 1777. Extinction presumed to have been due to predation by introduced rats towards end of 18th century.
Distribution
Moorea, in Society Is (French Polynesia). Known only from two paintings, each based on a specimen (now lost) collected on Moorea during Cook’s third voyage, in 1777 (2).
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Moorea Sandpiper
