American Woodcock

Scolopax minor Gmelin, JF, 1789

American woodcock, Scolopax minor, is a bird of North America, breeding in temperate Nearctic forest and edge from sw Alberta to the Maritime Provinces, and south to se Texas and n Florida. In the nonbreeding season it is found in woodlands and fields of se Texas and s Florida. It is the only woodcock in North America and belongs to the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. It is mainly associated with upland settings rather than shorelines, and it uses brushy, young-forest habitat.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

North America: temperate e Nearctic forest and edge: sw Alberta e to Maritime Provinces (sc to se Canada) and s to se Texas and n Florida (e USA)

Nonbreeding range

to woodlands and fields of se Texas and s Florida