American woodcock
Scientific name: Scolopax minor J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Overview
The American woodcock, 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.
From the Wikipedia article “American woodcock”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: North America.
Common names
Names in other languages (10)
- Bengali
- মার্কিন উডকক
- Chinese
- 小丘鷸
- French
- Bécasse d'Amérique
- German
- Kanadaschnepfe
- Indonesian
- Berkik-gunung amerika
- Japanese
- アメリカヤマシギ
- Persian
- ابیای آمریکایی
- Portuguese
- Galinhola-americana, galinhola-pequena
- Russian
- Американский вальдшнеп
- Spanish
- Chocha americana
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q694319, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “American woodcock”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026