The Sulawesi woodcock (Scolopax celebensis) also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader. It is larger and darker than Eurasian woodcock but with small reddish spots.
| Sulawesi woodcock | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. celebensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921
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This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Scolopax celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693065A93381643. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693065A93381643.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2