Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Sulawesi Woodcock (Scolopax celebensis) - HBW 3, p. 490

French: Bécasse des Célèbes German: Celebesschnepfe Spanish: Chocha de Célebes
Other common names: Celebes/Indonesian Woodcock

Taxonomy: Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921, Rano Rano, Sulawesi.
Forms superspecies with S. rochussenii, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Race heinrichi proposed for N Sulawesi, based on somewhat smaller bill of only three specimens. Form recently discovered breeding on Mindanao (SE Philippines) might be attributable to present species, but probably constitutes new, as yet undescribed, species (see page 448). Monotypic.

Distribution: NE & C Sulawesi.