Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebrates

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 205 g

Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata), photo 1 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata), photo 2 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Javan Woodcock (Scolopax saturata), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Javan woodcock is a small, dark bird with a long bill, resembling the widespread Eurasian woodcock but significantly smaller, and with darker plumage. Its chin is pale brown, its breast and belly are mottled in dusky brown with a white band in between. There is no record of any differences of plumage between seasons, sex, or age of the Javan woodcock, although research does not show whether such variations exist.

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When to see the Javan Woodcock

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Javan Woodcock

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia

About the Javan Woodcock

The Javan woodcock is a small, long-billed bird in the family Scolopacidae. It is dark brown with a patterned back and measures from 29 to 31 cm ; it weighs 189–220 g (6.7–7.8 oz). It is endemic to Sumatra and Java, where it inhabits montane forests at the elevation range of 1,500–3,000 m (4,900–9,800 ft).

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Easily confused with

Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensisThe Sulawesi woodcock also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader. Moluccan WoodcockScolopax rochusseniiThe Moluccan woodcock measures 32-40 centimetres in length. New Guinea WoodcockScolopax rosenbergiiThe New Guinea woodcock is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae formerly considered to be conspecific with the Javan woodcock and called collectively the dusky woodcock.

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