Coenocorypha pusilla (Chatham Islands Snipe)

Chatham Islands Snipe

Coenocorypha pusilla (Buller, WL 1869)

The Chatham snipe or Chatham Island snipe 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. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Coenocorypha
Scientific:
  Coenocorypha pusilla

Original description

Citation:
(Buller, WL 1869)

Reference:
Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.17 p.41

Protonym:
Gallinago pusilla

Type locality:
Small rocky islet off Chatham Island.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35145#page/63/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
168E36269B6A854B

Avibase ID:
avibase-168E3626

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/168E3626

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559383

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Coenocorypha pusilla: Chatham Islands (Rangitara, Mangere, and Star Keys)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Chatham Islands Snipe
Catalan:
Becada de les illes Chatham
Czech:
bekasina chathamská
Danish:
Chathambekkasin
German:
Chathamschnepfe
Spanish:
Chochita de las Chatham
Spanish (Spain):
Chochita de Las Chatham
Finnish:
chathamintöpökurppa
French:
Bécassine des Chatham
Croatian:
čatamska šljuka
Hungarian:
chatham-szigeteki kiviszalonka
Italian:
Beccaccino delle Chatham
Japanese (romaji):
chatamujishigi
Japanese:
チャタムジシギ
Lithuanian:
Čataminis smėlinukas
Dutch:
Chathamsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kortnebbdvergrugde
Norwegian:
Kortnebbdvergrugde
Polish:
bekas wyspowy
Portuguese:
Narceja-das-chatham
Portuguese (Portugal):
narceja-das-chatham
Russian:
Чатемский хакавай
Slovak:
sluka chathamská
Serbian:
Mala šljuka sa ostrva Čatam
Swedish:
chathambeckasin
Ukrainian:
Баранець чатамський
Chinese:
查岛沙锥
Chinese (Traditional):
查坦島鷸

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00: Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bécassine des Chatham ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bécassine des Chatham ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Chatham Island Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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eBird version 1.50: Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Coenocorypha aucklandica pusilla [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Chatham Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Coenocorypha aucklandica pusilla [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Coenocorypha aucklandica pusilla [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Chatham Islands Snipe ( Coenocorypha pusilla) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Coenocorypha pusilla [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Coenocorypha pusilla [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Coenocorypha [aucklandica, iredalei, huegeli, barrierensis or pusilla] (sensu lato) by some authors

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