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 EN    Moluccan Woodcock* Id (Atlas):
    Scolopax rochussenii

Description (2)
Image of Moluccan Woodcock
 

Other Names (World)
Moluccan Woodcock, Obi Woodcock, Maluku Woodcock, Indonesian Woodcock

Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Size
32 - 40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Schlegel, 1866

Habitat
Tropical montane forest. From 500 - 1,550 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B).

Obi and Bacan (northern Moluccas). Also claimed to occur on Ternate and Halmahera, but probably erroneously, due perhaps to inaccurate museum labels and misidentification.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction through logging, illegal mining, agricultural encroachment, and possibly hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) [XC413382]
     by id from Obi, South Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia (song)

 
Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) [XC109282]
     by Ross Gallardy from Obi island, 15 km East of Soligi, Indonesia (song, song while roding)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Sulawesi Woodcock (Scolopax celebensis), with which sometimes considered conspecific.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii) - 2 files


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