New Guinea Woodcock

When to see the New Guinea Woodcock

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the New Guinea Woodcock

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the New Guinea Woodcock

The 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. It is native to the New Guinea Highlands.

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Easily confused with

Moluccan WoodcockScolopax rochusseniiThe Moluccan woodcock measures 32-40 centimetres in length. Javan WoodcockScolopax saturataThe Javan woodcock is a small, dark bird with a long bill, resembling the widespread Eurasian woodcock but significantly smaller, and with darker plumage. Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensisThe Sulawesi woodcock also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader.