Common name: American Woodcock

Scientific name: Scolopax minor Gmelin, 1789

Class:

Aves (Birds)

Order:

Charadriiformes (Gulls, Plovers, and Shorebirds)

Family:

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, and Relatives)

Synonyms:

Other common names:

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Habitat type(s):

Habitat description(s)

Palustrine:

TEMPORARY POOL, FORESTED WETLAND, Bog/fen, Riparian

Terrestrial:

Grassland/herbaceous, Old field, Cropland/hedgerow, Forest - Hardwood, Forest - Mixed, Woodland - Hardwood, Woodland - Mixed

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Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

G5

Secure globally - Common in the world; widespread and abundant (but may be rare in some parts of its range).

State conservation status rank:

S5B

Secure in New York - Common in New York, widespread and abundant. (A migratory animal which occurs in New York only during the breeding season.)

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Protected Bird - Game with open season

Defined as a Protected Bird by New York State law and as a Game species; there are open seasons set when the species may be legally hunted or trapped.

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

N: Do not track

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105226/Scolopax_minor/