Chatham snipe
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C. pusilla
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The Chatham snipe or Chatham Island snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, and is only found on a few islands in the south of the Chatham Islands group.[2]
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
Chatham Island snipe feed by probing into the ground in search of worms, amphipods, insects and larvae.[2]
Scientific discovery
In 1868 the Chatham Island snipe was collected by naturalist Charles Traill and was sent to ornithologist Walter Buller who described it as a new species of snipe. On an exploratory mission to the islands in 1871, Henry Travers only found the snipe on Mangere Island.[3]
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