New Guinea woodcock

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New Guinea woodcock
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species:
S. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Scolopax rosenbergii
Schlegel, 1871

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 native to the New Guinea Highlands. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International. (2024). "Scolopax rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22729848A265013542. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22729848A265013542.en . Retrieved 6 June 2025.