The New Guinea woodcock (Scolopax rosenbergii) 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.[2]
| New Guinea woodcock | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Scolopax |
| Species: | S. rosenbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolopax rosenbergii Schlegel, 1871 | |
