Eurasian Woodcock

The Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) 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 locally in moist woodland and bogs from British Isles and Scandinavia southward to northern Iberian Peninsula and Azores to Canary Islands, eastward to southeastern Russia, and northern and central Japan, and disjunctly in the Caucasus and Himalayas; winters southward to northern Africa and eastward to central and southern Japan and TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Scolopax rusticola

Family

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)

Order

Charadriiformes

IUCN Red List

LCLeast Concern

English (US)

Eurasian Woodcock

Described by

Linnaeus, C, 1758