Moluccan Woodcock
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| Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866 |
The Moluccan Woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii also known as Obi Woodcock is a medium-sized, approximately 40cm long, forest wader with long and dark bill, orange buff below and black barred upperparts. The plumage is marked with large buff spots. This species is the largest of the woodcocks, 25% bigger than Eurasian Woodcock.
An Indonesian endemic, the Moluccan Woodcock is restricted to two small islands in North Maluku. It is known from eight specimens, with the most recent collected in 1980. Nothing is known of its habits.
Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the Moluccan Woodcock is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2006). Scolopax rochussenii. 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 endangered and the criteria used
- Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
