| Austral snipes | |
|---|---|
| |
| Campbell snipe | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Coenocorypha G.R. Gray, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Gallinago aucklandica[1] G.R. Gray, 1845
| |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
The austral snipes, also known as the New Zealand snipes or tutukiwi,[2] are a genus, Coenocorypha, of tiny birds in the sandpiper family, which are now only found on New Zealand's outlying islands. There are currently three living species and six known extinct species, with the Subantarctic snipe having three subspecies, including the Campbell Island snipe discovered as recently as 1997. The genus was once distributed from Fiji, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, across New Zealand and southwards into New Zealand's subantarctic islands, but predation by introduced species, especially rats, has drastically reduced their range.
- ^ "Alcidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Story: Wading birds – New Zealand snipe". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 November 2014.