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Viti Levu snipe

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Viti Levu snipe
Temporal range: Late Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Coenocorypha
Species:
C. miratropica
Binomial name
Coenocorypha miratropica
Worthy, 2003

The Viti Levu snipe (Coenocorypha miratropica) is an extinct species of austral snipe endemic to Fiji. A species of the mostly New Zealand genus Coenocorypha, it became extinct after the arrival of humans in Fiji.[1]

References

  1. ^ Worthy, Trevor H. (January 2003). "A new extinct species of snipe Coenocorypha from Vitilevu, Fiji". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 123 (2): 90–103.