New Guinea woodcock

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New Guinea woodcock

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species:
S. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Scolopax rosenbergi
(Schlegel, 1871)

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[]

  1. ^ Birdlife International (2012). "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-07.


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