North Island Snipe
Coenocorypha barrierensisOliver, WRB, 1955
English (US) North Island Snipe
The North Island Snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: formerly North Island (subfossils only); historically known only from Little Barrier Island (off northeastern North Island), New Zealand; extinct, last recorded 1870Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coenocorypha barrierensis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- North Island Snipe
- Described by
- Oliver, WRB, 1955
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coenocorypha aucklandica barrierensis
- Described by
- Oliver, WRB, 1955
- Original description
- New Zealand birds, 2nd ed. ed.2 p.275
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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