New Caledonian snipe

Extinct species of bird

New Caledonian snipe

Temporal range: Holocene

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Charadriiformes
Family:  | Scolopacidae
Genus:  | Coenocorypha
Species:  |

C. neocaledonica

Binomial name
Coenocorypha neocaledonica

Worthy, Anderson & Sand, 2013

The New Caledonian snipe (Coenocorypha neocaledonica) is an extinct species of austral snipe, described from late Holocene cave deposits on the French island of New Caledonia in the western Pacific Ocean. The specific epithet is a latinisation of the name of its island home.[1]

## Description

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Although austral snipe are small birds, the endemic New Caledonian form was larger than all its congeners, with the exception of the Viti Levu snipe (C. miratropica). Examination of its wing bones suggest that it was a relatively strong flier.

## Extinction

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The species became extinct within about 1000 years of human settlement of the island, probably as a result of predation by human introduced rats.

## References

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1. ^ Worthy, Trevor H.; Anderson, Atholl & Sand, Christophe (2013). "An extinct Austral snipe (Aves : Coenocorypha) from New Caledonia". Emu. 113 (4): 383–393. Bibcode:2013EmuAO.113..383W. doi:10.1071/MU13019. S2CID 85169982.

Taxon identifiers

Coenocorypha neocaledonica|

* Wikidata: Q16986514
* GBIF: 10230606
* iNaturalist: 774235
* Open Tree of Life: 7659057
* Paleobiology Database: 373451

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