Amami Woodcock
Scolopax miraHartert, EJO, 1916
English (US) Amami Woodcock
The Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: Amami-O-Shima, Tokuno-Shima, Okinawa, Tokashiki-Shima (Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scolopax mira
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Amami Woodcock
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1916
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax rusticola mira
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1916
- Type locality
- Amami-Oshima, Riu Kiu Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 36 p.64
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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