Dusky Woodcock

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iDusky Woodcock
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species: S. saturata
Binomial name
Scolopax saturata
Horsfield, 1821

The Dusky Woodcock or Rufous Woodcock, Scolopax saturata, is a small wader. It is smaller than Eurasian Woodcock, and has much darker plumage.

This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. 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 can be very tame.

The subspecies S. s. rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1871) is sometimes given species status.

[edit] Further reading

Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Scolopax saturata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
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