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Dusky Woodcock
Dusky woodcock has been split into two species: * Javan woodcock, ''Scolopax saturata'' * New Guinea woodcock The New Guinea woodcock (''Scolopax rosenbergii'') is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae formerly considered to be conspecific with the Javan woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock. It is endemic to New Guinea and is foun ..., ''Scolopax rosenbergii'' Birds by common name {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javan Woodcock
The Javan woodcock (''Scolopax saturata'') or rufous woodcock is a small wader restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra and western Java. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian woodcock, but the calls are different. It is smaller than Eurasian woodcock The Eurasian woodcock (''Scolopax rusticola'') is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts. Its eyes ..., and has much darker plumage. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock. References Further reading ''Shorebirds'' by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, Scolopax Wading birds Birds described in 1821 Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield {{charadriiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea Woodcock
The New Guinea woodcock (''Scolopax rosenbergii'') is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae formerly considered to be conspecific with the Javan woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock. It is endemic to New Guinea and is found in both the Indonesian and Papuan parts of the island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island .... References Scolopax Birds of New Guinea Birds described in 1871 Endemic fauna of New Guinea Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel {{Charadriiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |