The Polynesian sandpipers form the genus Prosobonia. They are small wading birds confined to remote Pacific islands of French Polynesia. Only one species...

other closely related species of Polynesian sandpiper). There are broadly four feeding styles employed by the sandpipers, although many species are flexible...

notwithstanding, it is well possible that a Polynesian sandpiper related to or identical with the Christmas sandpiper from Kiritimati once lived on Teraina...

The Henderson sandpiper (Prosobonia sauli) is a small extinct Polynesian sandpiper shorebird first described in 2020. It was described from subfossil remains...

Phalaropus - phalaropes Genus Prosobonia - Polynesian sandpiper Genus Scolopax Genus Tringa Genus Xenus - Terek sandpiper Family Stercorariidae - skuas Genus...

formerly Heteroscelus brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small shorebird in the genus Tringa. The English name for...

sensitive areas is restricted. Kiritimati was initially inhabited by Polynesian people. Radiometric dating from sites on the island place the period of...

The Tuamotu sandpiper (Prosobonia parvirostris) is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands...

D. Tennyson; Graham M. Wragg (2021). "A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island...

as the Henderson sandpiper, were formerly endemic to the island, but became extinct around 1000 AD after the arrival of Polynesians. Of the fifteen non-endemic...

The Polynesian ground dove or Society Islands ground dove (Pampusana erythroptera) or Tutururu is a critically endangered species of bird in the family...

interpres White-winged sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera (E) (Ex) Moorea sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi (E) (Ex) Tuamotu sandpiper, Prosobonia parvirostris...

species surviving today but there are endemic subspecies of the Polynesian triller and Polynesian starling. There are 15 breeding species of which eleven are...

atoll could become a translocation habitat for the Polynesian ground dove and the Tuamotu sandpiper. The next phase of the restoration program will be...

Zealand snipes or tutukiwi, are a genus, Coenocorypha, of tiny birds in the sandpiper family, which are now only found on New Zealand's outlying islands. There...

2011. Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010). "*kiwiwi: shore bird - sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover". Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. Max Planck...

(French: Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean...

are endemic subspecies of the collared kingfisher, Polynesian triller, Fiji shrikebill, and Polynesian starling. The shy ground dove has been extirpated...

Arenaria interpres (A) Tuamotu sandpiper, Prosobonia parvirostris (E) Sanderling, Calidris alba (A) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (A) Gray-tailed...

Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata (A) (tuli) Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis (A) (tuli) Sanderling, Calidris alba (A) (tuli) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris...

visit, the Tahiti rail (Gallirallus pacificus) from Tahiti, the Tahitian sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) from Moorea and Tahiti, and the Raiatea parakeet...

visited it in 1774 and named it Santo Domingo. It is likely that Teraura, a Polynesian woman who accompanied the Bounty mutineers to Pitcairn Island, was from...

Pollen's vanga Polynesian ground dove Polynesian imperial pigeon Polynesian starling Polynesian storm petrel Polynesian triller Polynesian wattled honeyeater...

knot Black-fronted tern Chatham oystercatcher Far Eastern curlew Tuamotu sandpiper Indian skimmer Australian painted-snipe Moluccan woodcock Black-bellied...

of the critically endangered Polynesian ground-dove. It also has one of the highest concentrations of the Tuamotu sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata), with...

Kiritimati sandpiper, Prosobonia cancellata (Ex) Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata Sanderling, Calidris alba Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos...

Hiva monarch; the endangered Phoenix petrel, Tuamotu sandpiper, Marquesan ground dove, Polynesian imperial pigeon, Rimatara lorikeet, ultramarine lorikeet...

large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and...

Calidris canutus Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus (A) Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea Long-toed...

deforestation and hunting. The Māori also brought two species of land mammals, Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) and kurī, a breed of domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)...