Subantarctic snipe
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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
Campbell snipe
Campbell Island, New Zealand
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Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku is an uninhabited subantarctic island of New Zealand, and the main island of the Campbell Island group. The island lies around 660 km south of New Zealand's South Island
Subantarctic snipe
…main island). Other subspecies include C. a. meinertzhagenae (Antipodes snipe) from the Antipodes Islands, and C. a. perseverance (Campbell snipe) from Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku. The former subspecies from the Snares Islands has been separated as a full species, the Snares snipe (C. huegeli), as have the extinct South Island…
Six Foot Lake, on Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku
Meteorological station at Beeman Cove (unmanned/automatic since 1995)
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku as viewed from the International Space Station
Nicknamed "Ranfurly Tree", after Lord Ranfurly, who is believed to have planted it there sometime between 1901 and 1907.