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
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chatham Islands Snipe
- Described by
- (Buller, WL, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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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