Snares Snipe
Coenocorypha huegeli(Tristram, HB, 1893)
English (US) Snares Snipe
The Snares Snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli) 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: Snares Islands (Northeast, Broughton, and Alert Stack), south of New Zealand; introduced to Codfish Island, off Stewart IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coenocorypha huegeli
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Snares Snipe
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gallinago huegeli
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1893)
- Type locality
- Snares Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.9 p.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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