Sulawesi Woodcock
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| Sulawesi Woodcock Conservation status: Lower risk (nt) | ||||||||||||||
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| Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921 |
The Sulawesi Woodcock or Celebes Woodcock, Scolopax celebensis, is a medium sized wader. It is larger and darker than Eurasian Woodcock, and small reddish spots.
This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
External link
- BirdLife Species Factsheet (http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2981&m=0)