#0707 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Woodcock

🇳🇱 Houtsnip ·Scolopax rusticola

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 150iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,740iNaturalist observations
weight 24.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).