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;[[:Category:Scolopax|Scolopax]] minor | ;[[:Category:Scolopax|Scolopax]] minor | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 25-31 cm (9¾-12 in)<br /> | |
| + | Extremely large bill with large bulging eyes placed high on head. Leaflike camouflage pattern, broadly barred crown. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[4]]]</sup>. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Decidious, damp woods. | Decidious, damp woods. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Rises vertically when flushed. | Rises vertically when flushed. | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their main diet consists of earthworms, supplemented with beetles, snails, centipedes and millipedes. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Ref-Sibley00}}# Keppie, D. M. and R. M. Whiting, Jr. 1994. "American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)." ''The Birds of North America Online'' (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/100. |
| − | # Keppie, D. M. and R. M. Whiting, Jr. 1994. "American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)." ''The Birds of North America Online'' (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/100. | + | #{{Ref-Brinkley07}}#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}} |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Scolopax+minor}} | {{GSearch|Scolopax+minor}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Scolopax]][[Category:Maps]] | + | <br /> |
| + | {{Video|American_Woodcock}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Scolopax]][[Category:Maps]] [[Category:Videos]] | ||
Revision as of 20:56, 8 July 2015
- Scolopax minor
Identification
25-31 cm (9¾-12 in)
Extremely large bill with large bulging eyes placed high on head. Leaflike camouflage pattern, broadly barred crown.
Distribution
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Breeding range from Minnesota, southern Manitoba, and southern Ontario east to Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and south to northeastern Texas east to Georgia. Winters in southeastern Texas to northern and central Florida.
Rare to accidental vagrant west and north of range. |
| Legend • S. minor; breeding |
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[4].
Habitat
Decidious, damp woods.
Behaviour
Rises vertically when flushed.
Diet
Their main diet consists of earthworms, supplemented with beetles, snails, centipedes and millipedes.
References
- Sibley, DA. 2000. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0679451228
- Keppie, D. M. and R. M. Whiting, Jr. 1994. "American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)." The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/100.
- Brinkley, ES. 2007. Field Guide to Birds of North America. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 978-1402738746
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) American Woodcock. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/American_Woodcock
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