Dusky Woodcock
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| Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821 |
The 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, Java and New Guinea. 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 subspecies S. s. rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1871) is sometimes given species status.
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2