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Skeletal material not held by other museums

Campbell Island Snipe, Coenocorypha aucklandica perseverance Miskelly & Baker, 2010; holotype
Campbell Island Snipe, Coenocorypha aucklandica perseverance Miskelly & Baker, 2010; holotype, collected 11 Jan 2006, Monument Harbour, Campbell Island, New Zealand. Gift of Department of Conservation and various sources, 2004. Te Papa

New Zealand birds for which Te Papa is thought to be the only museum holding recent skeletal material include Chatham Island taiko (Magenta petrel), Campbell Island snipe and Chatham Island bellbird.