Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Rufous Woodcock (Scolopax saturata) - HBW 3, p. 489
French: Bécasse de Java
German: Malaienschnepfe
Spanish: Chocha Oscura
Other common names: Javanese/East Indian/Dusky Woodcock; Horsfield's Woodcock (saturata); Rosenberg's Woodcock (rosenbergii)
Taxonomy: Scolopax saturata Horsfield, 1821, Mount Perahu, Java.
Races sometimes treated as two separate species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- saturata Horsfield, 1821 - mountains of N & SC Sumatra and W Java.
- rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 - mountains of New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A dark view of a bird still on the ground Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp saturata)
Garry George 8 August 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 3.9
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Adult perched
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp rosenbergii)
Nik Borrow 23 September 2005 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4
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