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Tuamotu Sandpiper

Prosobonia parvirostris

Classification

Class
Aves

The Tuamotu sandpiper (Prosobonia parvirostris) is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Aechmorhynchus. In the local Tuamotuan language, it is known as the kivi-kivi.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 18