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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
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Snares Snipe
Described by
(Tristram, HB, 1893)

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Taxonomic 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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