Amami woodcock
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Scolopax mira

The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira ) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific.

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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.

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References

1. Amami woodcock Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_woodcock
2. Amami woodcock on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693056/93381144
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/363836

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