Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the of , Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 191-193.

Order : Waders, Gulls and Terns The family sequence of Christidis & Boles (1994), who adopted that of Sibley et al. (1988) and Sibley & Monroe (1990), is followed here.

Family SCOLOPACIDAE Rafinesque: and Allies Scolopacea Rafinesque, 1815: Analyse de la Nature: 70 – Type genus Scolopax Linnaeus, 1758.

Christidis & Boles (1994) noted that the sequence of genera and species in the Scolopacidae varies considerably between works, and that there are no substantive data to favour any one sequence over another. The sequence adopted by Checklist Committee (1990) is generally followed here in the interests of consistency.

Subfamily GALLINAGININAE Olphe-Galliard: Gallinaginae [sic] Olphe-Galliard, 1891: Contrib. Faune Ornith. Europe Occidentale 14: 18 – Type genus Brisson, 1760.

Higgins & Davies (1996) and Worthy (2003) are followed here in the use of the subfamily name Gallinagininae for the snipes. The correct spelling of the name is explained by Worthy (2003).

Genus Coenocorypha G.R. Gray Coenocorypha G.R. Gray, 1855: Cat. Genera Subgen. Birds Brit. Mus.: 119 – Type species (by original designation) Gallinago aucklandica G.R. Gray.

The elevation of Coenocorypha barrierensis, C. iredalei and C. huegeli to species level follows Worthy, Miskelly & Ching (2002). The order in which the species are treated follows that of Holdaway et al. (2001). An extinct form of Coenocorypha from Norfolk Island (Holdaway et al. 2001), and the recently discovered Coenocorypha on Jacquemart Island and on nearby Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku itself (Barker et al. 2005), are yet to be described. Of the New Zealand Coenocorypha, C. barrierensis and C. chathamica are extinct, and C. iredalei is probably extinct.

Coenocorypha aucklandica (G.R. Gray) With the elevation of C. barrierensis and C. iredalei to species level, the vernacular name New Zealand snipe is no longer appropriate for C. aucklandica whose subspecies inhabit the Auckland and . Therefore, the vernacular name of C. aucklandica is changed here to the more appropriate subantarctic snipe.

Coenocorypha aucklandica aucklandica (G.R. Gray) Auckland Island Snipe Gallinago aucklandica G.R. Gray, 1845: in Richardson & J.E. Gray (eds), Zool. Voy. ‘Erebus’ & ‘Terror’, Birds 1(8): 13, pl. 13 – . Scolopax holmesii Peale, 1848: U.S. Expl. Exped. 8: 229 – Auckland Islands. Scolopax auclandica G.R. Gray; Finsch 1867, Jour. für Ornith. 15: 346. Unjustified emendation. Gallinago tristrami Rothschild, 1893: Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 3: 12 – “Antipodes Island”, error for Auckland Islands. Gallinago Aucklandica G.R. Gray; Hamilton 1909, Hand-list Birds New Zealand: 10. Coenocorypha aucklandica aucklandica (G.R. Gray); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 261. Coenocorypha aucklandica tristrami (Rothschild); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th ser.): 262. Coenocorypha aucklandica; Holdaway et al. 2001, New Zealand Journ. Zool. 28(2): 133, 178.

Checklist Committee (1990) regarded the Auckland Island snipe as a subspecies of C. aucklandica. The taxon is retained here at subspecies level following Worthy, Miskelly et al. (2002) who considered that the mensural data used by them support that status. Endemic to the Auckland Islands. Formerly on Auckland Island. Now mainly on Adams, Disappointment and Ewing Islands, where breeding. Also reported on Enderby, Rose, Ocean, Dundas and Figure of Eight Islands (Higgins & Davies 1996).

Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenae Rothschild Antipodes Island Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenae Rothschild, 1927: Novit. Zool. 34(1): 15 – Antipodes Island. Coenocorypha meinertzhagenae Rothschild; Holdaway et al. 2001, New Zealand Journ. Zool. 28(2): 174, 178.

Checklist Committee (1990) regarded the Antipodes Island snipe as a subspecies of C. aucklandica. The taxon is retained here at subspecies level following Worthy, Miskelly et al. (2002) who considered that the mensural data used by them support that status. Endemic to the Antipodes Islands. Widespread on Antipodes Island in 1969 (Warham & Bell 1979). Population on Antipodes, Bollons, Archway, and Inner Windward Islands estimated at 8,000 birds in 1995 (Tennyson et al. 2002). Breeding recorded only on Antipodes Island, but probably throughout (Higgins & Davies 1996).