Scolopax rochussenii (Moluccan Woodcock)

Moluccan Woodcock

Scolopax rochussenii Schlegel, 1866

The Moluccan woodcock, 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. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Scolopax
Scientific:
  Scolopax rochussenii

Original description

Citation:
Schlegel, 1866

Reference:
Nederl.Tijdschr.Dierk. p.254

Protonym:
Scolopax rochussenii

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49109755

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
49C57A6B6AB40AB8

Avibase ID:
avibase-49C57A6B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/49C57A6B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176583

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Scolopax rochussenii: Known from 8 specimens from n Moluccas (Obi and Bacan)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Moluccan Woodcock
Catalan:
Becada de les Moluques
Czech:
sluka molucká
Danish:
Molukskovsneppe
German:
Obischnepfe
Spanish:
Chocha Moluqueña
Spanish (Spain):
Chocha Moluqueña
Finnish:
molukkienkurppa
French:
Bécasse des Moluques
Croatian:
molučka šljuka
Hungarian:
malukui szalonka
Icelandic:
Óbísnípa
Italian:
Beccaccia delle Molucche
Japanese (romaji):
obiyamashigi
Japanese:
オビヤマシギ
Lithuanian:
Molukinė slanka
Dutch:
Obihoutsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Molukkrugde
Norwegian:
Molukkrugde
Polish:
słonka złotawa
Portuguese:
Galinhola-das-molucas
Russian:
Молуккский вальдшнеп
Slovak:
sluka zlatistá
Serbian:
Molučka šumska šljuka
Swedish:
moluckmorkulla
Ukrainian:
Слуква молуцька
Chinese:
摩鹿加丘鹬
Chinese (Traditional):
摩鹿加丘鷸

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 00: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 01: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 02: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 03: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 04: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bécasse des Moluques ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bécasse des Moluques ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 1st edition: Obi Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements, version 2021: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 3rd edition: Obi Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 4th edition: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 5th edition (as published): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Clements, version 2015: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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Clements, version 2019: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
eBird version 1.50: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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eBird version 2021: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Obi Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Obi Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Obi Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Oriental Bird Club: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Scolopax rochussenii
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Scolopax rochussenii
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Scolopax rochussenii
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Moluccan Woodcock ( Scolopax rochussenii)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Scolopax rochussenii
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Scolopax rochussenii

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

Bengali: ভারুকু দ্বীম঩য ভুযচগচযাগা
Bengali (transliteration): māluku dbīpēra muragicyāgā*
Catalan: Becada de les Moluques
Czech: sluka molucká, Sluka okrová
Danish: Molukskovsneppe
German: Molukkenschnepfe, Obischnepfe
English: Moluccan Woodcock, Obi Woodcock
English, HBW: Moluccan Woodcock
English (IOC): Moluccan Woodcock
English (United States): Moluccan Woodcock
Esperanto: Moluka skolopo
Spanish: Agachadiza de las Molucas, Chcocha Moluqueña, Chocha Moluqueña
Spanish (Spain): Chocha Moluqueña
Spanish (HBW): Moluccan Woodcock
Estonian: maluku kurvits
Finnish: Molukkienkurppa
French: Bécasse des Moluques
Croatian: molučka šljuka
Hungarian: malukui szalonka
Indonesian: Berkikgunung Maluku, Berkik-gunung maluku
Icelandic: Óbísnípa
Italian: Beccaccia delle Molucche, Beccaccia dell'Isola di Obi
Japanese (romaji): obiyamashigi
Japanese: オビヤマシギ
Scientific: Scolopax rochussenii
Lithuanian: Molukinė slanka
Dutch: Obihoutsnip, Obi-houtsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk: Molukkrugde
Norwegian: Molukkrugde
Polish: slonka zlotawa, słonka złotawa
Portuguese: Galinhola-das-molucas
Portuguese (Portugal): galinhola-das-molucas
Russian: Молуккский вальдшнеп
Slovak: sluka zlatistá
Serbian: Molučka šumska šljuka
Swedish: Moluckmorkulla
Turkish: Maluku çulluğu
Ukrainian: Слуква молуцька
Chinese: 摩鹿加丘鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 摩鹿加丘鷸