Scolopax rochussenii

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Cladus: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Charadrii

Familia: Scolopacidae
Genus: Scolopax
Species: Scolopax rochussenii
Name

Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866
References

Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor De Dierkunde 3 p. 254r BHL
IUCN: Scolopax rochussenii (Endangered)

Vernacular names
brezhoneg: Kefeleg-koad Molukez
català: Becada de les Moluques
čeština: Sluka molucká
Cymraeg: Cyffylog Ynys Obi
English: Moluccan Woodcock
Esperanto: Moluka skolopo
español: Chocha moluqueña
فارسی: ابیای مالوکویی
suomi: Molukkienkurppa
français: Bécasse des Moluques
magyar: Malukui szalonka
Nederlands: Obihoutsnip
svenska: Moluckmorkulla

The Moluccan woodcock (Scolopax rochussenii), also known as Obi woodcock, is a medium-sized, approximately 40 cm long, forest wader with a long, dark bill, orange buff below and black barred upperparts. The plumage is marked with large buff spots. This species is the largest of the woodcocks, approximately 25% bigger than Eurasian woodcock.

An Indonesian endemic, the Moluccan woodcock is restricted to Obi and Bacan, two small islands in North Maluku. It is known from eight specimens, with the most recent collected in 1980. Nothing is known of its habits.

Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the Moluccan woodcock is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

In 2013, the first ever photographs of a living Moluccan woodcock were published.[2]
References

BirdLife International (2021). "Scolopax rochussenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22693068A203897409. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

RGS-IBG Geographical Fieldwork Grant recipients search for the enigmatic Moluccan Woodcock

Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2