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The woodcocks are a group of seven extant very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localised island species. Their closest relatives are the typical snipes of the genus Gallinago (Thomas et al., 2004).
These are woodland birds which feed at night or in the evenings, searching for invertebrates in soft ground with their long bills. Unlike in most birds the tip of the upper mandible is flexible.[1] This habit and their unobtrusive plumage makes it difficult to see them when they are resting in the day.
Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk. These are birds with stocky bodies and long bills. They have eyes set on the sides of their heads, which gives them almost 360° vision.
A number of woodcocks have become extinct long ago and are known only from fossil or subfossil bones. Due to their close relationship to the Gallinago snipes, the woodcocks are a fairly young group of birds, even considering that the Charadriiformes themselves are an ancient lineage. Gallinago and Scolopax diverged probably around the Late Miocene, some 10-5 mya.
- "Scolopax baranensis" (fossil, Early Pliocene of Hungary) - a nomen nudum
- Scolopax carmesinae (fossil, Early/Middle Pliocene? of Menorca, Mediterranean)
- Scolopax hutchensi (fossil, Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene of Florida, USA)
- Puerto Rican Woodcock, Scolopax anthonyi (prehistoric)
References
1. ^ Mousley, H. (1934) The earliest (1805) unpublished drawings of the flexibility of the upper mandible fo the woodcock's bill. Auk. 51(3):297-301
- Hayman, Marchant and Prater, Shorebirds ISBN 0-873403-19-4
- McKelvie, Colin Laurie : Woodcock and Snipe: Conservation and Sport (Swan Hill, 1993)
- Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. BMC Evol. Biol. 4: 28. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-28 PDF fulltext Supplementary Material
A Woodcock is one of 7 very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax.
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Woodcock may also refer to:
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867
Families
Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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Huxley, 1867
Families
Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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Scolopacidae
Vigors, 1825
Genera
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Vigors, 1825
Genera
- Actitis
- Aphriza
- Arenaria
- Bartramia
- Calidris
- Coenocorypha
- Eurynorhynchus
- Gallinago
- Limicola
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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S. rusticola
Binomial name
Scolopax rusticola
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola is a medium-small wader.
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Binomial name
Scolopax rusticola
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola is a medium-small wader.
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S. mira
Binomial name
Scolopax mira
Hartert, 1916
The Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira, is a medium sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock, and may be .
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Binomial name
Scolopax mira
Hartert, 1916
The Amami Woodcock, Scolopax mira, is a medium sized wader. It is slightly larger and longer-legged than Eurasian Woodcock, and may be .
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S. bukidnonensis
Binomial name
Scolopax bukidnonensis
Kennedy, Fisher, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001
The Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, is a medium sized wader.
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Binomial name
Scolopax bukidnonensis
Kennedy, Fisher, Harrap, Diesmos & Manamtam, 2001
The Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, is a medium sized wader.
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S. saturata
Binomial name
Scolopax saturata
Horsfield, 1821
The Dusky Woodcock or Rufous Woodcock, Scolopax saturata, is a small wader.
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Binomial name
Scolopax saturata
Horsfield, 1821
The Dusky Woodcock or Rufous Woodcock, Scolopax saturata, is a small wader.
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S. celebensis
Binomial name
Scolopax celebensis
Riley, 1921
The Sulawesi Woodcock, Scolopax celebensis also known as Celebes Woodcock is a medium sized wader.
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Binomial name
Scolopax celebensis
Riley, 1921
The Sulawesi Woodcock, Scolopax celebensis also known as Celebes Woodcock is a medium sized wader.
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S. rochussenii
Binomial name
Scolopax rochussenii
Schlegel, 1866
The Moluccan Woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii also known as Obi Woodcock
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Binomial name
Scolopax rochussenii
Schlegel, 1866
The Moluccan Woodcock, Scolopax rochussenii also known as Obi Woodcock
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S. minor
Binomial name
Scolopax minor
Gmelin, 1789
The American Woodcock, Scolopax minor, is a small chunky shorebird.
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Binomial name
Scolopax minor
Gmelin, 1789
The American Woodcock, Scolopax minor, is a small chunky shorebird.
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Charadrii
Families
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Families
- Ibidorhynchidae
- Recurvirostridae
- Haematopodidae
- Charadriidae
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
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Snipe is any of nearly 20 very similar wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes
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Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867
Families
Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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Huxley, 1867
Families
Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are uncertain.
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The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name". In taxonomy, this is used to indicate a term or phrase which looks like a scientific name, and may well have been intended to become a scientific name, but fails to be one because it was not (or not yet) published
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Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that became extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by bird scientists. They are known from subfossil remains and sometimes folk memory, as in the case of Haast's Eagle from New Zealand.
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