With the exception of the Chatham Snipe and the Forbes's Snipe (described from fossils found in the Chatham Islands) all subsequent New Zealand snipe collected were assigned as subspecies to the original species, known as the New Zealand Snipe.

The Maori name, "Tutukiwi", which may be applied to other Coenocorypha snipes, alludes to the bird's fancied resemblance to a miniature kiwi.

The Snares Snipe (Coenocorypha huegeli), also known as the Snares Island Snipe or Tutukiwi in Maori, is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae, or sandpiper family.

The behaviour is generally characteristic of the genera Coenocorypha, Gallinago and Lymnocryptes.

Oliver described the North Island Snipe as being generally similar to other Coenocorypha snipes.

- Norfolk Snipe Coenocorypha sp.

The Coenocorypha snipes are carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates found by probing in the soil and in compacted vegetation.

The Coenocorypha snipes evolved on oceanic islands without land mammals and were ecologically naive with regard to mammalian predators.

In the 1980s, it was found that male Coenocorypha snipes, tiny nocturnal waders, produce an unexpectedly loud roaring sound with their tails during mating flights.

Opposing claims have been made that associate the Hokioi and Hakawai with the extirpated Coenocorypha snipe.

A new extinct species of snipe Coenocorypha from Viti Levu, Fiji.

Viti Levu Snipe, Coenocorypha miratropica, a prehistoric bird from Fiji.

The Coenocorypha snipes resemble Gallinago snipes, although they are smaller, stockier and have relatively shorter bills.

The Snares Snipe is one of a group of birds of sometimes disputed relationships in the genus Coenocorypha.

A species of the mostly New Zealand genus Coenocorypha, it became extinct after the arrival of humans in Fiji.

Genera Coenocorypha, Lymnocryptes, Gallinago and Scolopax (nearly 30 species, plus some 6 extinct)

Fossil remains of Coenocorypha have also now been discovered on the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Norfolk Island.

The Maori name, "Tutukiwi", which may be applied to other Coenocorypha snipes, alludes to the bird's fancied resemblance to a miniature kiwi.

Other native landbirds include the New Zealand Pipit and the Campbell Snipe, a race or species of the Coenocorypha snipes discovered only in 1997.

The Viti Levu Snipe (Coenocorypha miratropica) was a species of snipe endemic to Fiji.

However, it has been ascertained that the "Hakawai" and "Hokioi" legends refer to the Coenocorypha snipe - in particular the extinct South Island subspecies.

The Forbes' Snipe, Coenocorypha chathamica, was a species of New Zealand snipe endemic to the Chatham Islands.

She is also honoured in the subspecific name of the Antipodes Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenae), described by Walter Rothschild in 1927.

This genus contains the majority of the world's snipe species, the other two extant genera being Coenocorypha, with two species, and Lymnocryptes, the Jack Snipe.

The Chatham Snipe or Chatham Island Snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) is a species of wader in the Scolopacidae family.

The Auckland Snipe or Auckland Islands Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica aucklandica ) is a small bird in the sandpiper family.

With the arrival of these predators Coenocorypha snipes quickly became extinct, with the species in Fiji, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island becoming extinct in prehistory.