American Woodcock
Scolopax minorGmelin, JF, 1789
English (US) American Woodcock
The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds temperate forest and edge from southwestern Alberta eastward to Maritime Provinces (south-central to southeastern Canada) and southward to southeastern Texas and northern Florida (southeastern USA); winters in southeastern USARange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scolopax minor
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- American Woodcock
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
- Type locality
- New York, ex Pennant.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.661
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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