Eurasian woodcock: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Eurasian woodcock lives – recorded in 37 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Scolopax rusticola
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	37 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	24.5 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the Eurasian woodcock live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Eurasian woodcock in 37 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, Guangdong, Aveyron.

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.

How big is an Eurasian woodcock?

Wikidata records the following for the Eurasian woodcock: mass 24.5 g (birth weight).

Is the Eurasian woodcock endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Eurasian woodcock?

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

About the Eurasian woodcock

The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts. Its eyes are set far back on its head to give it 360-degree vision and it probes in the ground for food with its long, sensitive bill, making it vulnerable to cold weather when the ground remains frozen.

The male performs a courtship flight known as "roding" at dusk in spring. It is widely believed that the female will sometimes carry chicks between her legs whilst flying, though evidence of this is purely anecdotal. The world population is estimated to be 14 million to 16 million birds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eurasian woodcock (revision 1367878140), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26114 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).