Amami woodcock
| Amami woodcock | |
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| Stuffed specimen of Scolopax mira at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Scolopaci |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. mira |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916 | |
The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific.
This species is a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on two small islands of the Amami Islands chain in South Japan. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian woodcock.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Scolopax mira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
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