Subantarctic Snipe
Coenocorypha aucklandica
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
The Subantarctic snipe, sometimes also Auckland snipe or New Zealand snipe, is a species of snipe endemic to New Zealand's subantarctic islands. The Maori call it "Tutukiwi". The nominate race C. a. aucklandica is found on the Auckland Islands. Other subspecies include C. a. meinertzhagenae from the Antipodes Islands, and C. a. perseverance from Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku. The former subspecies from the Snares Islands has been separated as a full species, the Snares snipe, as have the extinct South Island and North Island snipes.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Coenocorypha