African snipe [SEP] parent taxon
African snipe
The African snipe ("Gallinago nigripennis") also known as the Ethiopian snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in eastern and southern Africa in wet mountain moorland and swamps at altitudes of . When not breeding it disperses widely, including into coastal lowlands.
Description.
This long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with bold dark brown stripes and gold edges to the feathers forming lines down its back.
Snares snipe
The Snares Island snipe ("Coenocorypha huegeli"), also known as the Snares snipe or tutukiwi in Māori, is a species of bird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.
Taxonomy and etymology.
The Snares Island snipe is one of a group of birds of sometimes disputed relationships in the genus "Coenocorypha". It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Subantarctic snipe ("Coenocorypha aucklandica"), but has since been elevated to a full species.
The taxon was first described