Amami woodcock
| Amami woodcock | |
|---|---|
| Stuffed specimen of Scolopax mira at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. mira |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax mira Hartert, 1916 | |
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 Amami Oshima, Okinawa and Tokunoshima. Consequently, due to the introduction of the invasive small Indian mongoose, their population is declining. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to the Eurasian woodcock.
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