New Guinea woodcock
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]
| New Guinea woodcock | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. rosenbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax rosenbergi (Schlegel, 1871) | |
References
- Birdlife International (2012). "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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