Tuamotu Sandpiper
Prosobonia parvirostris
The Tuamotu sandpiper 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 apparently called kivi-kivi.
- Scientific name
- Prosobonia parvirostris
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies
- IUCN status
- EN