Prosobonia sauli De Pietri et al., 2020
Henderson Island sandpiper, Pitcairn sandpiper, Henderson sandpiper
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Prosobonia undescribed species B (Tyrberg, 2009:85)
According to (Wragg & Weisler, 1994:64) P. sauli differs from the sole extant member of the genus, P. cancellata, by possessing "reduced outer wing bones and longer leg bones".
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene?
Distribution
Henderson Island
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Vanesa L. De Pietri, Trevor H. Worthy, R. Paul Scofield, Theresa L. Cole, Jamie R. Wood, Kieren J. Mitchell, Alice Cibois, Justin J. F. J. Jansen, Alan J. Cooper, Shaohong Feng, Wanjun Chen, Alan J. D. Tennyson & Graham M. Wragg. (2020). A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa115 [Abstract]
Other references:
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
Weisler MJ (1994) The settlement of marginal Polynesia: new evidence from Henderson Island. Journal of World Archaeology 21, 83–102.
Wragg, Graham M. (1995). The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56: 405-414.
Wragg, G. M. and Weisler, M. I. (1994). Extinctions and new records of birds from Henderson Island, Pitcairn group, south Pacific Ocean. Notornis 41(1): 61-70.