Viti Levu Snipe

Viti Levu Snipe

Taxobox


name = Viti Levu Snipe
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Scolopacidae
genus = "Coenocorypha"
| species = "C. miratropica"
binomial = "Coenocorypha miratropica"
binomial_authority = (Worthy, 2003)
The Viti Levu Snipe, "Coenocorypha miratropica", was a species of snipe endemic to Fiji. A species of the mostly New Zealand genus "Coenocorypha", it became extinct after the arrival of humans in Fiji.

References

*Worthy T. H. (2003). A new extinct species of snipe "Coenocorypha" from Viti Levu, Fiji. "Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club" 123: 90-103.


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