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Genus Coenocorypha
Subantarctic Snipe - The Māori have legends about the hokioi or hakawai, a mythical bird which was only heard. Supposedly a giant bird of prey, this image was influenced by tales of the then-extinct Haast's Eagle and the loud noises attributed to the hokioi. However, Miskelly demonstrated that the tiny New Zealand Snipe was responsible for producing the loud rushing or screaming heard at nighttime during its mating flight, similar to the Common Snipe's "winnowing" and entirely out of proportion in loudness to the bird's diminutive size. Miskelly et al. describe it as
Chatham Islands Snipe - Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.