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Viti Levu snipe Temporal range: Late Holocene
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Scolopacidae
Genus:	Coenocorypha
Species:	†C. miratropica
Binomial name
†Coenocorypha miratropica Worthy, 2003

The Viti Levu snipe (Coenocorypha miratropica) is an extinct 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.

References

1. Worthy, Trevor H. (January 2003). "A new extinct species of snipe Coenocorypha from Vitilevu, Fiji". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 123 (2): 90–103.

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