American woodcock / Kanadaschnepfe (Scolopax minor)

Wikipedia: American woodcock Source: WIKIPEDIA American_Woodcock_Scolopax_minor.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Scolopax (Scolopax); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
General: The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker, the hokumpoke, and the Labrador twister,^[2] is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcocks spend most of their time on the ground in brushy, young-forest habitats, where the birds' brown, black, and gray plumage provides excellent camouflage. [more]