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Kiritimati Sandpiper
Plate 1 of 1. William Ellis, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EX · Extinct

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Kiritimati Sandpiper

Prosobonia cancellata

The Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) was a small shorebird. It became extinct some time in the first half of the 19th century. It was endemic to Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island in Kiribati.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 367716.