South Island Snipe
Coenocorypha iredaleiRothschild, LW, 1921
English (US) South Island Snipe
The South Island Snipe (Coenocorypha iredalei) 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 South and Stewart islands (subfossils only); historically known only from islands off Stewart Island (New Zealand); apparently extinct, last recorded 1964Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coenocorypha iredalei
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- South Island Snipe
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1921
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coenocorypha aucklandica iredalei
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1921
- Type locality
- Jack Lees Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 41 p.63
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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