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Viti Levu snipe

Viti Levu Snipe
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Coenocorypha
Species: C. miratropica
Binomial name
Coenocorypha miratropica
(Worthy, 2003)

The Viti Levu snipe (Coenocorypha miratropica) was a species of austral snipe endemic to Fiji. A species of the mostly New Zealand genus Coenocorypha, it became extinct after the arrival of humans in Fiji.



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