Editing Polynesian sandpiper (section)

==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Prosobonia'' was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte]] with the [[Tahiti sandpiper]], as the [[type species]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1850 | title=Note sur plusieurs familles naturelles d'oiseaux, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles  | language=French | journal=Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences | volume=31 | pages=561–564 [562] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225113 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1934 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=2 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts  | page=259 | url=
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483072 }}</ref> Bonaparte did not explain the etymology of the genus name but it is probably from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''prosōpon'' meaning "mask" or "face".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=318 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n318/mode/1up }}</ref>

The [[International Ornithologists' Union]] lists four species in the genus. Of these three have become extinct in historical times.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=August 2022 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Tuamotu sandpiper]], ''P. parvirostris''
* † [[Christmas sandpiper|Kiritimati sandpiper]], ''P. cancellata''
* † [[Tahiti sandpiper]], ''P. leucoptera''
* † [[Moorea sandpiper]], ''P. ellisi'' 
An additional species was described in 2020 from [[subfossil]] remains.<ref name=depietri>{{Cite journal | last1=De Pietri | first1=V.L. | last2=Worthy | first2=T.H. | last3=Scofield | first3=R.P. | last4=Cole | first4=T.L. | last5=Wood | first5=J.R. | last6=Mitchell | first6=K.J. | last7=Cibois | first7=A. | last8=Jansen | first8=J.J.F.J. | last9=Cooper | first9=A.J. | last10=Feng | first10=S. | last11=Chen | first11=W. | last12=Tennyson | first12=A.J. | last13=Wragg | first13=G.M. | date=2021 | title=A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: ''Prosobonia'') from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia | journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume=192 | issue=4 | pages=1045–1070 | doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa115 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* † [[Henderson sandpiper]] ''P. sauli'' 
Indeterminate species are also known from the [[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas]] and the [[Cook Islands]].<ref name=depietri/>