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Chatham Islands Snipe

Coenocorypha pusilla(Buller, WL, 1869)

English (US) Chatham Islands Snipe

The Chatham Islands Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) 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: Rangatira, Mangere, Little Mangere, and Rabbit islands, and Star Keys, Chatham Islands; originally found throughout Chatham IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Coenocorypha pusilla
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Chatham Islands Snipe
Described by
(Buller, WL, 1869)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Gallinago pusilla
Described by
(Buller, WL, 1869)
Type locality
Small rocky islet off Chatham Island.
Original description
Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.17 p.41

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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