Amami Woodcock
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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 two small islands of the Amami Islands
chain in South Japan
. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian Woodcock.
Wader
Waders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...
. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock
Eurasian Woodcock
The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...
, and may be conspecific.
This species is a Restricted-range endemic found only in forests on two small islands of the Amami Islands
Amami Islands
The are a group of islands that is part of the Satsunan Islands, which are then part of the Nansei Islands. The islands are part of Kagoshima Prefecture, in the Kyūshū region of Japan...
chain in South Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian Woodcock.