Sulawesi Woodcock | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Scolopax |
Species: | S. celebensis |
Binomial name | |
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.