Sulawesi woodcock

The Sulawesi woodcock (Scolopax celebensis) also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader. It is larger and darker than Eurasian woodcock but with small reddish spots.

Sulawesi woodcock

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species:
S. celebensis
Binomial name
Scolopax celebensis
Riley, 1921

This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Scolopax celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
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