Subantarctic snipeTutukiwi

Conservation status
In some trouble

The tutukiwi stands for all those birds fighting a silent war against ravenous pests on the subantarctic islands. The tutukiwi has one goal, and one goal only: to round up support for the important pest-free Auckland Island project. There’s no bells and wattles with this bird, the snipe is just a straight-shooting, plain-beaking, unwadering, fresh-feathered….. well, you get the point.

Subantarctic snipe

Image credit: Lisle Gwynn - Heritage Expeditions