圣诞岛矶鹬

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同属物种

莫岛矶鹬

Moorea Sandpiper

大溪地磯鷸

Tahiti Sandpiper

土岛矶鹬

Tuamotu Sandpiper

形态与习性

The Christmas sandpiper or Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) is an extinct species of small shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It became extinct some time in the first half of the 19th century. It was endemic to Christmas Island (now called Kiritimati), since 1919 a 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 Ja