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Bukidnon Woodcock
Scolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy, RS, Fisher, TH, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, is a wader of the Philippines, found in montane Luzon and Mindanao, including Calayan and Babuyan Claro. It belongs to the sandpiper and snipe family and was described in 2001. The bird is tied to mountain forest above 1000 metres, where the terrain is remote and rugged. It has rich reddish-brown upperparts with black barring and mottling, paler underparts, a high-set eye and a long bill with a flexible tip. It is known from forested areas in the north and south of the country.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Calayan, Babuyan Claro, and montane Luzon and Mindanao (n, s Philippines)
