The Chatham Islands snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla), also known as the Chatham snipe, is a species of wader in the family Scolopacidae.

The Chatham Islands snipe feeds by probing into the ground in search of worms, amphipods, insects and larvae.

[2] In 1868 the Chatham Islands snipe was collected by naturalist Charles Traill and was sent to ornithologist Walter Buller who described it as a new species of snipe.

On an exploratory mission to the islands in 1871, Henry Travers only found the snipe on Mangere Island.

[3] Attempts to return snipe to main Chatham Island would be hampered by the presence of introduced mammals and of weka, which are predators of snipe chicks.