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Taxonomic note

Coenocorypha aucklandica, C. huegeli, C. barrierensis and C. iredalei (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as C. aucklandica following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Near Threatened	D1+2
2016	Near Threatened	D1+2
2014	Near Threatened	D1+2
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,260 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	96 km2
Number of locations	5	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000-1500 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2022
Population trend	stable	-	estimated	-
Generation length	4.22 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	3	-	-	-

Population justification: The Snares Islands population is c.410 pairs (Miskelly 2020), with the population of the translocated Putauhinu Island growing to an estimated 500 birds in early 2013. Translocated birds were confirmed breeding on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island in late 2012 (P. McClelland in litt. 2013), suggesting that the total population now numbers over 1,000 mature individuals. Given that the population is thought to be stable overall (Robertson et al. 2021), the population is estimated to be in the range 1,000-1,500 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The population has increased following successful translocations. Overall the population trend is considered to have been stable over the last three generations (Robertson et al. 2013, 2017, 2021).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
New Zealand	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
New Zealand	Snares (eastern islands)
New Zealand	Southern Titi Muttonbird Islands

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subantarctic	major	resident
Shrubland	Subantarctic	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 250 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Felis catus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus exulans	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Unspecified species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Majority (50-90%)		Rapid Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Species mortality

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/snares-island-snipe-coenocorypha-huegeli on 28/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 28/12/2024.