The Subantarctic snipe, sometimes also Auckland snipe or New Zealand snipe, is a species of snipe endemic to New Zealand's subantarctic islands. The Maori call it "Tutukiwi". The nominate race C. a. a
Snares snipe
…snipe is one of a group of birds of sometimes disputed relationships in the genus Coenocorypha. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Subantarctic snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica), but has since been elevated to a full species. The taxon was first described by the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram as Gallinago…