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Snares Snipe

Coenocorypha huegeli

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestMedium · 104 g
Snares Snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), photo 1
Photo: M Rutherford · CC BY 4.0
Snares Snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), photo 2
Photo: M Rutherford · CC BY 4.0
Snares Snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), photo 3
Photo: (c) M Rutherford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The snipe is a small, chunky, and cryptically patterned wader with bars, stripes, and spots in shades of brown ranging from buffy-white to nearly black. It has longitudinal stripes on the face and crown. The bird possesses a long bill, short neck, and tail. Its outer tail feathers are narrow and stiffened, which is a modification enabling the distinctive roaring sound of the nocturnal hakawai aerial display. The snipe's sexes exhibit similar appearances, with females being slightly larger than males, weighing about 116 g compared to males' 101 g.

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When to see the Snares Snipe

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Snares Snipe

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

New Zealand

About the Snares Snipe

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

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Easily confused with

Chatham Islands Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusillaThe Chatham Islands snipe, also known as the Chatham snipe, is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae. Subantarctic Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica) Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandicaThe Subantarctic snipe is a small wading bird with adults growing to about 23 cm (9 in) in length.

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