Javan woodcock
| Javan woodcock | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Scolopaci |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. saturata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821 | |
The Javan woodcock, 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 and western Java. 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 former New Guinean subspecies rosenbergii, described by Hermann Schlegel in 1871, is given full species status — New Guinea woodcock (Scolopax rosenbergii).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2004). Scolopax saturata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2