Tuamotu Sandpiper

Prosobonia parvirostris - Chevalier des Touamotou Bécasseau des Tuamotu

Chevalier des Touamotou
juvenile
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Prosobonia

  • Species
    :

    parvirostris

Descriptor

Peale, 1849

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 17 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 32 à 44 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevalier des Touamotou
adult
Chevalier des Touamotou
First year

Tuamotu Sandpiper (Prosobonia parvirostris) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Chevalier des Touamotou,
  • Andarríos de Tuamotu,
  • pilrito-das-tuamotu,
  • Tuamotu-Südseeläufer,
  • Tuamotustrandloper,
  • Piro piro delle Tuamotu,
  • tuamotusnäppa,
  • Tuamotusnipe,
  • pobrežník tuamotský,
  • Tuamotuklire,
  • tuamotunsirri,
  • xivita de les illes Tuamotu,
  • brodźczyk krótkodzioby,
  • Южный улит,
  • ツアモツシギ,
  • 土岛鹬,
  • tuamotusnäppa,
  • 土木土鷸,

Voice song and call

Chevalier des Touamotou
adult

Habitat

Chevalier des Touamotou
adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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