Javan woodcock
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Scolopax saturata

The Javan woodcock (Scolopax saturata ) or rufous woodcock is a small wader restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra and western Java. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian woodcock, but the calls are different.

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It is smaller than Eurasian woodcock, and has much darker plumage. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the New Guinea woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock.

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Javan woodcock habitat map

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Javan woodcock habitat map
Javan woodcock
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References

1. Javan woodcock Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_woodcock
2. Javan woodcock on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693060/93381449
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/386511

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