Dusky Woodcock

This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a roding display flight like Eurasian Woodcock, but the calls are different. It can be very tame.

The Dusky Woodcock is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Dusky Woodcock or Rufous Woodcock, Scolopax saturata, is a small wader. It is smaller than Eurasian Woodcock, and has much darker plumage. This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian Woodcock, but the calls are different. It can be very tame. The New Guinean subspecies rosenbergii, described by Hermann Schlegel in 1871, is sometimes given full species status. More

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