The Eurasian woodcock – Scolopax rusticola is a medium sized wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across wooded Temperate and subarctic Eurasia, but is resident in parts of Temperate W Europe. It winters in W Europe, around the Mediterranean basin, S Asia and SE Asia. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder to Azerbaijan and Georgia. It is a winter visitor to Armenia, the S coast of the Caspian Sea, all the coasts of Turkey, N Iraq, Palestine and Cyprus, and suitable habitats across the Maghreb states, Libya and Egypt.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Scolopax
Species...Scolopax rusticola Eurasian woodcock - Species - ebird.org Eurasian woodcock - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Eurasian woodcock - Card - oiseaux-birds.com Eurasian woodcock - Paper - bto.org Eurasian woodcock - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
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