Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola - Bécasse des bois

Bécasse des bois
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Scolopax

  • Species
    :

    rusticola

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 56 à 60 cm.
  • Weight
    : 250 à 420 g
Longevity

21 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Bécasse des bois
Bécasse des bois
adult

Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Bécasse des bois,
  • Chocha perdiz,
  • galinhola-eurasiática,
  • Waldschnepfe,
  • erdei szalonka,
  • Houtsnip,
  • Beccaccia,
  • morkulla,
  • Rugde,
  • sluka hôrna,
  • sluka lesní,
  • Skovsneppe,
  • lehtokurppa,
  • becada eurasiàtica,
  • Skógarsnípa,
  • słonka (zwyczajna),
  • sloka,
  • sloka,
  • Вальдшнеп,
  • ヤマシギ,
  • 丘鹬,
  • นกปากซ่อมดง,
  • 山鷸〔丘鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

Bécasse des bois
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Bécasse des bois
adult

Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Bécasse des bois
published: - Updated: 25-04-2016
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