Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Scolopax

Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ScolopaxLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: pula e dushkut; pulëdushkaja; shapka; shapkorja; shaptorja; shepka; shepkorja; sheptorja; skjeptorja sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Горски бекас sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: skovsneppe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: houtsnip
 English: Eurasian woodcock; woodcock sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: bécasse des bois
 German: Waldschnepfe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ευρασιατική Μπεκάτσα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חרטומן היערות sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: beccaccia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: slanka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: rugde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: rugde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: rugde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: słonka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: sirtarul de pădure; sitarul de pădure sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: вальдшнеп; крехтун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: creabhar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: sloka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: chocha perdiz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: morkulla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: culluk; çulluk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: вальдшнеп; валюшень; Слуква sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: cyffylog

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159028

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/14637922-7011-4e0d-8e4f-4485e040f57f

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159028
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96827

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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