Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Moluccan Woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii)

French: Bécasse des Moluques German: Obischnepfe Spanish: Chocha Moluqueña
Other common names: Obi/Maluku/Indonesian Woodcock

Taxonomy: Scolopax Rochussenii Schlegel, 1866, Obi.
Forms superspecies with S. celebensis, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Obi and Bacan (N Moluccas). Also claimed to occur on Ternate and Halmahera, but probably erroneously, due perhaps to inaccurate museum labels and misidentification.