Amami woodcock
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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.
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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 |
Binomial name | |
Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916 | |
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This species is a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on Amami Oshima, Okinawa and Tokunoshima.[2] Consequently, due to the introduction of the invasive small Indian mongoose, their population is declining.[3] Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to the Eurasian woodcock.