Biology:Amami woodcock
Amami woodcock | |
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Stuffed specimen of Scolopax mira at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan . | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Scolopax |
Species: | S. mira
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Binomial name | |
Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916
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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 a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on Amami Oshima, Okinawa and Tokunoshima.[2] Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian woodcock.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Amami woodcock was originally described as a subspecies of the Eurasian woodcock, due to a juvenile that resembled the Eurasian woodcock in coloration. Later, some argued that the Amami woodcock was a distinct species—Kobayashi in 1979 and Cramp & Simmons in 1983. Comparison between the two species revealed their distinct physical features, and led to the emergence of the Amami woodcock as a distinct species.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Scolopax mira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693056A93381144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693056A93381144.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693056/93381144. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/amawoo1/cur/introduction
- ↑ Brazil, Mark; Ikenaga, Hiroshi (December 1987). "The Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira: Its Identity and Identification". Forktail. http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Brazil-AmamiWoodcock.pdf.
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN:0-7099-2034-2
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q265279 entry
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