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Photo by DaninJapan
Amami Island, Kagoshima-Ken, Japan, April 2009

Scolopax mira

[edit] Identification

A medium-sized wader, which is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Eurasian Woodcock.

[edit] Confusion Species

Can be told from the Eurasian Woodcock by the overall browner coloration and the pinkish bare skin behind the eye, as well as the choice of habitat.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Japan, found on few southern Japanese islands: Amami-O-Shima Island, Tokuno-Shima Island, Okinawa Island, and Tokashiki-Shima Island

[edit] Taxonomy

• A monotypic species.^[1]
• This taxon is considered a subspecies of Scolopax rusticola (sensu lato) by some authors^[2]
• Sometimes considered conspecific within Eurasian Woodcock (citation needed).

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages