Chatham snipe
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Coenocorypha pusilla

The Chatham snipe or Chatham Island snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla ) is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae.It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, and is only found on a few islands in the south of the Chatham Islands group.

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Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.

Chatham snipe feed by probing into the ground in search of worms, amphipods, insects and larvae.

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References

1. Chatham snipe Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_snipe
2. Chatham snipe on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693137/93385774

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