Amami Woodcock

Amami Woodcock Status Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Scolopax Species: mira
Binomial name
Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916

The Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira, is a medium sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock, and may be conspecific.

This species is restricted to forests on two small islands south of Japan. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian Woodcock.

Further reading

Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2