Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira)
About the Amami Woodcock
The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Eurasian woodcock. This species is a restricted-range endemic found only in forests on Amami Ōshima, Okinawa and Tokunoshima, including some smaller, nearby islands (Kakeromajima and Tokashiki). Due to the introduction of the invasive small Indian mongoose, their population has been declining. Efforts to control the mongoose population have led to recovery of Amami woodcock, as documented on Amami where the mongoose has been successfully eradicated. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to the Eurasian woodcock.
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Japan in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American WoodcockScolopax minorrecording
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.