Snares Snipe
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Sandpipers and Allies

Snares Snipe

Coenocorypha huegeli

NTNear Threatened Endemic to New Zealand
Family
Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
Order
Charadriiformes

Overview

The Snares snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), also known as the Snares Island snipe, or tutukiwi in Māori, is a species of bird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Snares Islands (Northeast, Broughton, and Alert Stack), south of New Zealand; introduced to Codfish Island, off Stewart Island.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.