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Christmas Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata



Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species became Extinct presumably around the 1850s as a result of predation by invasive mammals.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Christmas Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/christmas-sandpiper-prosobonia-cancellata on 03/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 03/12/2024.