Species of bird
| Amami woodcock |
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| Stuffed specimen of Scolopax mira at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. |
Conservation status |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. mira |
| Binomial name |
Scolopax mira
Hartert, 1916 |
The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific.
This species is a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on Amami Oshima, Okinawa and Tokunoshima.[2] Consequently, due to the introduction of the invasive small Indian mongoose, their population is declining.[3] Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to the Eurasian woodcock.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Amami woodcock was originally described as a subspecies of the Eurasian woodcock, due to a juvenile that resembled the Eurasian woodcock in coloration. Later, some argued that the Amami woodcock was a distinct species—Kobayashi in 1979 and Cramp & Simmons in 1983. Comparison between the two species revealed their distinct physical features, and led to the emergence of the Amami woodcock as a distinct species.[4]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Scolopax mira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693056A93381144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693056A93381144.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Van Gils, Jan; Wiersma, Popko; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020). "Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira), version 1.0". Birds of the World.
- ^ Ishida, K.; Murata, K.; Nishiumi, I.; Takahashi, Y.; Takashi, M. (2015). "Endemic Amami Jay, invasive Small Indian Mongoose, and other alien organisms: A new century investigation of island aliens towards improved ecosystem management". Journal of Ornithology. 156: 209–216. doi:10.1007/s10336-015-1250-1.
- ^ Brazil, Mark; Ikenaga, Hiroshi (December 1987). "The Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira: Its Identity and Identification" (PDF). Forktail.
Further reading
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scolopax mira.
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Scolopacidae (Numeniinae–Limosinae–Arenariinae) |
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| Numeniinae | | Bartramia | - Upland sandpiper (B. longicauda)
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Numenius
(Curlews) | - Long-billed curlew (N. americanus)
- Eurasian curlew (N. arquata)
- Eskimo curlew (N. borealis)
- Hudsonian whimbrel (N. hudsonicus)
- Far Eastern curlew (N. madagascariensis)
- Little curlew (N. minutus)
- Eurasian whimbrel (N. phaeopus)
- Bristle-thighed curlew (N. tahitiensis)
- Slender-billed curlew (N. tenuirostris)
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| Limosinae | Limosa
(Godwits) | - Marbled godwit (L. fedoa)
- Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica)
- Bar-tailed godwit (L. lapponica)
- Black-tailed godwit (L. limosa)
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| Arenariinae | Arenaria
(Turnstones) | - Ruddy turnstone (A. interpres)
- Black turnstone (A. melanocephala)
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| Prosobonia | - Tuamotu sandpiper (P. parvirostris)
- Henderson sandpiper (P. sauli)
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| Calidris | - Sharp-tailed sandpiper (C. acuminata)
- Sanderling (C. alba)
- Dunlin (C. alpina)
- Baird's sandpiper (C. bairdii)
- Red knot (C. canutus)
- Broad-billed sandpiper (C. falcinellus)
- Curlew sandpiper (C. ferruginea)
- White-rumped sandpiper (C. fuscicollis)
- Stilt sandpiper (C. himantopus)
- Purple sandpiper (C. maritima)
- Western sandpiper (C. mauri)
- Pectoral sandpiper (C. melanotos)
- Little stint (C. minuta)
- Least sandpiper (C. minutilla)
- Rock sandpiper (C. ptilocnemis)
- Ruff (C. pugnax)
- Semipalmated sandpiper (C. pusilla)
- Spoon-billed sandpiper (C. pygmaea)
- Red-necked stint (C. ruficollis)
- Long-toed stint (C. subminuta)
- Buff-breasted sandpiper (C. subruficollis)
- Temminck's stint (C. temminckii)
- Great knot (C. tenuirostris)
- Surfbird (C. virgata)
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Scolopacidae (Tringinae–Scolopacinae) |
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| Tringinae | | Xenus | - Terek sandpiper (X. cinereus)
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Phalaropus
(Phalaropes) | - Red phalarope (P. fulicarius)
- Red-necked phalarope (P. lobatus)
- Wilson's phalarope (P. tricolor)
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| Actitis | - Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos)
- Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia)
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| Tringa | - Grey-tailed tattler (T. brevipes)
- Spotted redshank (T. erythropus)
- Lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes)
- Wood sandpiper (T. glareola)
- Nordmann's greenshank (T. guttifer)
- Wandering tattler (T. incana)
- Greater yellowlegs (T. melanoleuca)
- Common greenshank (T. nebularia)
- Green sandpiper (T. ochropus)
- Willet (T. semipalmata)
- Solitary sandpiper (T. solitaria)
- Marsh sandpiper (T. stagnatilis)
- Common redshank (T. totanus)
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| Scolopacinae | | Lymnocryptes | |
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Limnodromus
(Dowitchers) | - Short-billed dowitcher (L. griseus)
- Long-billed dowitcher (L. scolopaceus)
- Asian dowitcher (L. semipalmatus)
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Scolopax
(Woodcocks) | - Bukidnon woodcock (S. bukidnonensis)
- Sulawesi woodcock (S. celebensis)
- American woodcock (S. minor)
- Amami woodcock (S. mira)
- Moluccan woodcock (S. rochussenii)
- New Guinea woodcock (S. rosenbergii)
- Eurasian woodcock (S. rusticola)
- Javan woodcock (S. saturata)
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| Coenocorypha | - Subantarctic snipe (C. aucklandica)
- Snares snipe (C. huegeli)
- Chatham snipe (C. pusilla)
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Gallinago
(Snipes) | - Puna snipe (G. andina)
- Wilson's snipe (G. delicata)
- Common snipe (G. gallinago)
- Latham's snipe (G. hardwickii)
- Imperial snipe (G. imperialis)
- Jameson's snipe (G. jamesoni)
- Madagascar snipe (G. macrodactyla)
- Great snipe (G. media)
- Swinhoe's snipe (G. megala)
- Wood snipe (G. nemoricola)
- African snipe (G. nigripennis)
- Noble snipe (G. nobilis)
- South American snipe (G. paraguaiae)
- Solitary snipe (G. solitaria)
- Pin-tailed snipe (G. stenura)
- Fuegian snipe (G. stricklandii)
- Giant snipe (G. undulata)
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