South Island Snipe

Scientific Name: Coenocorypha iredaleiSouth Island Snipe

South Island Snipe Fact File

Distribution: (Formerly) Stewart Islands off New Zealand

Conservation Status: Extinct – since September 1964

Subspecies: None – Monotypic

Further reading:

• A mythical Māori bird is gone, but its name still lives on (albeit in an extinct bird!)

Current conservation efforts

None

Gallery

The photograph of this species was taken by the late Don Merton a former senior member of the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC). The photograph was taken of a captive bird at Puai, Big South Cape Island. With thanks to DOC.