The Chatham snipe or Chatham Island snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla) is a species of wader in the Scolopacidae family.It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, and is only found on a few islands in the south of the Chatham Islands group.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.Chatham Island snipe feed by probing into the ground in search of worms, amphipods, insects and larvae.