Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mollucan Woodcock Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Scolopax Species: rochussenii Binomial name Scolopax rochussenii The Mollucan Woodcock or Obi Woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii, is a medium sized wader. It is the largest of the woodcocks, 25% bigger than Eurasian Woodcock. It is marked with large buff spots. This species is restricted to two small islands in the Moluccas, but has not been seen since 1902, and is probably extinct. Nothing is known of its habits. Further reading Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater, ISBN 0-7099-2034-2 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.