American Woodcock

La Bécasse d'Amérique (Scolopax minor) est une espèce d'oiseaux Charadriiformes de la famille des Scolopacidae. C'est un limicole néarctique. Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 15.

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, becasse, bogsucker, brush snipe, night partridge, or Labrador twister is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcocks spend most of their time on the ground in brushy, young-forest habitats, where the birds' brown, black, and gray plumage provides excellent camouflage. The American woodcock is the only species of woodcock inhabiting North America.

La agachadiza americana o chocha americana​ (Scolopax minor) es un ave limícola de la familia Scolopacidae. Se distribuye por toda América del Norte: México, Canadá y Estados Unidos. Referencias BirdLife International (2008).