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  • Synonyms Bogbird, Mud Snipe, Woodcock, Blind snipe, Wall-eyed snipe, Bogsucker, Timber Doodle, Bigheaded snipe, Wood Snipe, Whistling Snipe
  • Old latin name for bird Rubicola minor, Microptera americana, Philohela minor, Rusticola minor

American Woodcockbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight display, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
  • 2.
    Peent call, coutship call, male, song, © Melani Sleder
    United States
  • 3.
    Call, © Bobby Wilcox
    United States
  • 4.
    Courtship call, Peent call, call, © Melani Sleder
    United States
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Joshua Stevenson
    United States
  • 6.
    Call, © Joshua Stevenson
    United States
  • 7.
    Song, © Antonio Xeira
    United States
  • 8.
    Call, wing-whir, © Paul Marvin
    United States
  • 9.
    Call, male, mating display, © Joe C
    United States
  • 10.
    Call, © Daniel Parker
    United States
  • 11.
    Peent, © Matt Wistrand
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see American Woodcock

  • Breeding region North America
  • Breeding subregion temperate e Nearctic forest and edge: sw Alberta e to Maritime Provinces (sc to se Canada) and s to se Texas and n Florida (e USA)
  • Non breeding region to woodlands and fields of se Texas and s Florida

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansAmerikaanse houtsnip
AlbanianShapka amerikane
AzerbaijaniAmerika çilingdimdiyi
BelarusianАмерыканская слонка
Bengaliিঅমভচযকান ভুযচগচযাগা
BretonKefeleg-koad Amerika
Catalanbecada americana
Chinese小丘鹬
Chinese (Traditional)小丘鷸
ChuvashАмерика кăрăпчакĕ
CroatianAmerička šumska šljuka, američka šljuka
Czechsluka americká
DanishAmerikansk Skovsneppe
DutchAmerikaanse Houtsnip
EsperantoAmerika skolopo
Estonianameerika kurvits
Finnishamerikanlehtokurppa
FrenchBécasse américaine, Bécasse d’Amérique, Bécasse d'Amérique
FrisianAmerikaanske houtsnip
GalicianArcea americana
GermanKanadaschnepfe
GreekΑμερικανική Μπεκάτσα
Hungariankoboldszalonka, Amerikai szalonka
IcelandicKjarrsnípa
IrishCreabhair Meiriceánach
ItalianBeccaccia americana
Japaneseアメリカヤマシギ
LatvianAmerikas sloka
Lithuanianamerikinė slanka
MacedonianАмериканска шљука
Norwegianamerikarugde
Norwegian NynorskAmerikarugde
Polishslonka amerykanska, słonka amerykańska
PortugueseGalinhola-pequena, galinhola-americana
RomanianSitar american
RussianАмериканский вальдшнеп
SerbianAmerička šljuka, Američka šumska šljuka
Slovaksluka svišťavá
SlovenianAmeriška sloka
SpanishAgachadiza Americana, Chocha americana, Chocha del Este
Swedishamerikansk morkulla
TurkishKüçük Çulluk
Ukrainianслуква американська
WelshCyffylog America