Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Chatham Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) - HBW 3, p. 490

French: Bécassine des Chatham German: Chathamschnepfe Spanish: Chochita de las Chatham
Other common names: Chatham Subantarctic Snipe

Taxonomy: Gallinago pusilla Buller, 1869, small rocky islet off Chatham Island.
Forms superspecies with C. aucklandica, of which sometimes considered a race. Monotypic.

Distribution: Chatham Is, occurring only on islands of Rangatira (South-east), Mangere, Little Mangere and Star Keys.