New Guinea woodcock
New Guinea woodcock | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Scolopax |
Species: | S. rosenbergi
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Binomial name | |
Scolopax rosenbergi (Schlegel, 1871)
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The New Guinea woodcock (Scolopax rosenbergii) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae formerly considered to be conspecific with the Javan woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock. It is endemic to New Guinea and is found in both the Indonesian and Papuan parts of the island.[2]
References[]
- ^ Birdlife International (2012). "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Woodcocks
- Birds of New Guinea
- Birds described in 1871
- Endemic fauna of New Guinea
- Charadriiformes stubs