South Island Snipe - BirdForum Opus

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The species South Island Snipe is extinct.

Photo by Chlidonias
Location: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand

Alternative name: Stewart Island Snipe

Coenocorypha iredalei

Distribution

Stewart Islands, New Zealand.
Last record 1964.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Subantarctic Snipe.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
4. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

1. Birdforum thread discussing a genetic analysis of the currently living members of this genus, supporting treating Snares Island Snipe as species

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) South Island Snipe. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/South_Island_Snipe

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