New Guinea Woodcock
Scolopax rosenbergiiSchlegel, H, 1871
English (US) New Guinea Woodcock
The New Guinea Woodcock (Scolopax rosenbergii) 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: mountains of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scolopax rosenbergii
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- New Guinea Woodcock
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax Rosenbergii
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1871
- Type locality
- Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 4 p.54
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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