Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Family Scolopacidae. Order Charadriiformes.
Photo: Johann Friedrich Naumann / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Description
The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory
- Diet
- worms, larvae (probes the ground)
- Game species
- yes — marsh game (roding flight)
♪ Bird call
Recording: Jarek Matusiak
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Photographs
Johann Daniel Meyer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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