Scolopax rusticola

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ἀσκαλώπας, σκολόπαξ

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Woodcock

The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts. Its eyes are set far back on its head to give it 360-degree vision and it probes in the ground for food with its long, sensitive bill, making it vulnerable to cold weather when the ground remains frozen.

The male performs a courtship flight known as "roding" at dusk in spring. It is widely believed that the female will sometimes carry chicks between her legs whilst flying, though evidence of this is purely anecdotal. The world population is estimated to be 14 million to 16 million birds.

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woodcock

Albanian: shapkë; Armenian: կտցար; Old Armenian: կտցար; Azerbaijani: çilingdimdik; Breton: kefeleg; Bulgarian: горски бекас; Catalan: becada; Chinese Mandarin: 鷸, 鹬; Chuvash: кăрăпчак; Cornish: kevelek; Corsican: biccazza; Czech: sluka; Danish: skovsneppe; Dutch: houtsnip, snip; Esperanto: skolopo; Estonian: kurvits; Finnish: lehtokurppa, kurppa; French: bécasse; Friulian: gjalinace; Galician: arcea; Georgian: ტყისქათამი; German: Waldschnepfe; Greek: μπεκάτσα; Ancient Greek: σκολόπαξ, ἀσκαλώπας; Hebrew: חַרְטוֹמָן; Hungarian: erdei szalonka; Ido: bekaso; Irish: creabhar; Italian: beccaccia, acceggia; Japanese: ヤマシギ, 山鷸; Kabardian: щӏупхъхэр; Latin: attagena, scolopax; Latvian: sloka; Lithuanian: slanka; Low German German Low German: Boomsnip; Macedonian: шлука; Manx: ushag rhennee; Norman: bécache; Norwegian Bokmål: rugde; Nynorsk: rugde; Occitan: becada, becassa; Old English: wuducoc; Ottoman Turkish: چوللق; Polish: słonka; Portuguese: galinhola; Romanian: becață, becațină, sitar; Russian: вальдшнеп; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: шљу̏ка; Roman: šljȕka; Sicilian: biccaccia; Spanish: chocha, chochaperdiz; Swedish: morkulla; Tamil: ஆங்கிலப்பெயர்; Turkish: çulluk; Ukrainian: слуква; Welsh: cyffylog