Sulawesi Woodcock
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| Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 |
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.
This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Scolopax celebensis. 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
- Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
