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Chatham Islands Snipe
Coenocorypha pusilla (Buller, 1869)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla is a wader in the sandpiper and snipe family, found in the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It breeds on South East Island, Mangere, Little Mangere and the Star Keys. It is restricted to a small number of islands in the southern part of the group. Its habitat includes temperate forest and temperate grassland. The species was described by Buller in 1869.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- Australasia: South East I. (=Rangatira), Mangere and Little Mangere is. and Star Keys (Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand)
