Scolopax celebensis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Charadrii
Familia: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species: Scolopax celebensis
Subspecies: S. c. celebensis - S. c. heinrichi

Name

Scolopax celebensis Riley, 1921

Reference

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 34 p.55

Vernacular names
Internationalization
Česky: Sluka celebeská
English: Sulawesi Woodcock
Esperanto: Celebesa skolopo

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.

This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.

References

* BirdLife International (2004). Scolopax celebensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
* Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2