The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its...
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name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock. The type species is the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being...
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display flight like the Eurasian woodcock, but the calls are different.[citation needed] It is smaller than Eurasian woodcock, and has much darker plumage...
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The Amami woodcock (Scolopax mira) is a medium-sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Eurasian woodcock, and may be conspecific...
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Sulawesi woodcock (Scolopax celebensis) also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader. It is larger and darker than Eurasian woodcock but with...
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genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock. The type species is the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Woodcocks inhabit forested and mixed...
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collected on Luzon in the 1960s, these were originally misidentified as Eurasian woodcock specimens. It was not until the bird was heard calling in 1993, and...
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The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews...
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the UK, with the term "cocker" deriving from their use to hunt the Eurasian woodcock. When the breed was brought to the United States, it was bred to a...
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The Eurasian or common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae...
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