Sulawesi woodcock
(Redirected from Scolopax celebensis)
| Sulawesi woodcock | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. celebensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Scolopax celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693065A93381643. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693065A93381643.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2