American Woodcock

Scolopax minor

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

AMWO

Code 6

SCOMIN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown to black, immatures are light brown with a blue pupil.
Head Pattern: No Data
Crown Color: Black and brown bars.
Forehead Color: Brown and gray.
Nape Color: Black and brown bars.
Throat Color: Brown and gray.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 28 cm (11 in)
Weight: 176 g (6.2 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown, Gray, Buff
Underparts: Pale red-brown
Upperparts: Gray, brown and black stripes.
Back Pattern: Barred or banded, Mottled
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: If flushed suddenly from the ground the woodcock will rise vertically with noisy twittering wings, then fly off with rapid, zigzagging flight. Courtship flight involves an upward spiraling flight then rapid fluttering descent.
Wingspan Range: 46 cm (18 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Banded
Upper Tail: Black with white band at tip.
Under Tail: Black with white band at tip.
Leg Color: Pale Gray

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