Amami woodcock

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Amami woodcock
Amami Woodcock imported from iNaturalist photo 387708832 on 13 June 2024.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species:
S. 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 the Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific.

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This species is a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on Amami Ōshima, 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.

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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Scolopax mira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22693056A93381144. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693056A93381144.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Van Gils, Jan; Wiersma, Popko; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020). "Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira), version 1.0". Birds of the World.
  3. ↑ Ishida, K.; Murata, K.; Nishiumi, I.; Takahashi, Y.; Takashi, M. (2015). "Endemic Amami Jay, invasive Small Indian Mongoose, and other alien organisms: A new century investigation of island aliens towards improved ecosystem management". Journal of Ornithology. 156: 209–216. doi: 10.1007/s10336-015-1250-1 .
  4. ↑ Brazil, Mark; Ikenaga, Hiroshi (December 1987). "The Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira: Its Identity and Identification" (PDF). Forktail.

Further reading

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

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