American woodcock: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the American woodcock lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Scolopax minor
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the American woodcock live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the American woodcock in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the American woodcock endangered?

The American woodcock’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the American woodcock?

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Scolopax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the American woodcock

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, becasse, bogsucker, brush snipe, night partridge, or Labrador twister 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.

The American woodcock is the only species of woodcock inhabiting North America. Although classified with the sandpipers and shorebirds in the family Scolopacidae, the American woodcock lives mainly in upland settings.

The population of the American woodcock has fallen by an average of slightly more than 1% annually since the 1960s. Most authorities attribute this decline to a loss of habitat caused by forest maturation and urban development.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article American woodcock (revision 1376215353), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q694319 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).