Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Scolopax [rusticola or mira] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other related concepts

• Scolopax rusticola x Vanellus vanellus (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аКӘаүамлықь, аЦаблыкь, аЦаблыкьқәа ᴘʟ
Afrikaans: Houtsnip
Arabic: دجاجة الأرض, دجاجة الأرض دجاجة ماء, ديك الغاب
Asturian: Arcea, Arcea euroasiática
Azerbaijani: meşə çilingdimdiyi, Meşə cüllütü, Meşə cülütü
Bashkir: ҡурпысығы, ҡурпысыҡ, ҡурпысыҡтар, урман өйрәге
Belarusian: Cлонка, Слонка
Bulgarian: Горски бекас
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় মুরগিচ্যাগা, িআিঈময঱ীয় ভুযচগচযাগা
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa muragicyāgā
Breton: Ar c'hefeleg koad, C'hefeleg, Kefeleg, Kefeleg-koad Eurazia
Catalan: Becada, Becada eurasiàtica, Bequeruda grossa, Cega
Catalan (Balears): Cega
Valencian: Bequeruda grossa
Montenegrin: šumska šljuka, шумска шљука
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): шумска шљука
Czech: Sluka lesní
Chuvash: кăрăпчак, кăрăпчакĕ ᴛᴍʟ, кăрăпчаксем
Welsh: Cyffylog
Danish: Skovsneppe
German: Waldschnepfe
Greek: (Ευρασιατική) Μπεκάτσα, Μπεκάτσα
Greek (Cypriot): Μπεκάτσα
English: Eurasian Woodcock, European Woodcock, Woodcock
English, HBW: Eurasian Woodcock
English (IOC): Eurasian Woodcock
English (United States): Eurasian Woodcock
Esperanto: Eŭrazia skolopo, skolopo
Spanish: Agachadiza Perdiz, Becada, Chocha Perdiz
Spanish (Spain): Chocha Perdiz
Spanish (HBW): Chocha perdiz
Estonian: Metskurvits
Basque: Becada, Oilagor, Oilagorra
Persian: ابیا
Finnish: Lehtokurppa
Faroese: Vendisnípa
French: Bécasse des bois, Bécassine des bois
Friulian: gjalinace, lis piçocjis, picjoce, piçocje
Frisian: Houtsnip
Irish: Creabhar
Gaelic: Coileach Coille, Coileach-coille, Crom nar Anileag, Croman coillteach
Galician: Arcea, Arcea europea, Becada
Manx: Kiark-rhennee, Ushag Rennee, Ushag rhennee
Hebrew: חרטומן, חרטומן היערות, חרטומן יערות
Croatian: Šljuka bena, Šumska šljuka
Hungarian: Erdei szalonka
Armenian: [Antarakttsar ], Անտառակտցար
Icelandic: Skógarsnípa
Italian: Beccaccia, Beccaccia eurasiatica
Japanese (romaji): Boto shigi, yama shigi, yamashigi, Yama-shigi
Japanese: ボトシギ, ヤマシギ
Japanese (Kanji): ぼと鴫, ぼと鷸, 山鴫, 山鷸
Georgian: ვალდშნეპი, ტყის ქათამი
Kara-Kalpak: вальдшнеп
Kabardian: щӀупхъ
Mongolian, Halh: хомноот
Khakas: Хорымчых
Kazakh: Жылқышы, орман жылқышысы, орман шалшықшысы
Kazakh (Transliteration): jılqışı
Korean: 멧도요
Korean (Transliteration): me-t-doyo
Karachay-Balkar: агьач тартар, чуллукъ
North Karelian: meččävikli
Cornish: Kevelek
Kirghiz: вальдшнеп, токойчулдук
Scientific: Scolopax rusticola, Scolopax rusticola iamasigi, Scolopax rusticola rusticola
Luxembourgish: Bëschschnepp
Lithuanian: Eurazinė slanka, Slanka
Latvian: Sloka
Macedonian: Шумска шлука, шумска шљука
Malayalam: പ്രാക്കാട
Mongolian: Буурал хомноот, Ойн һараалжан, Ойн сараалж, Хомноот
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠷᠣᠯ ᠬᠣᠮᠨᠣᠭᠠᠲᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠯᠵᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Зараг
Mongolian (Transliteration): buural khomnoot, khomnoot, oin haraaljan, oin сaraalj, zarag
Moldavian: Sitar de pădure
Malay: Berkek Besar, Burung Berkek Besar, Burung Berkek Malam, Burung Berkek Urasia
Maltese: Gallina
Nepali: ठूलो चाहा
Dutch: Houtsnip
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rugde
Norwegian: Rugde
Polish: slonka, Słonka, słonka (zwyczajna), Słonka zwyczajna, Szlamiec dlugodzioby, Szlamiec długodzioby
Pinyin: dà shuǐ-zhá, qiū-yù, shān-yù
Portuguese: Galinhola
Portuguese (Portugal): Galinhola, galinhola-eurasiática
Romansh: Becassa
Rhaeto-Romance: Becassa
Romanian: Sitar de pădure, Sitarul, Sitarul de padure
Russian: Valdshnep, Вальдшнеп
Yakut: куруҥ үгүрүөтэ, обот үгүрүө, оҕус үгүрүө
Sardinian: Pizzulongu, Pudda de mudeyu
Scots: Coileach coille, Creòthar, Crom nar anileag, Croman coillteach, Cromnanduileag
Northern Sami: Rohtocoavzzu, Vuovdemeahkástat
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasiya Arathuduwa
Slovak: Sluka hórna, Sluka hôrna, Sluka lesná
Slovenian: sloka
Albanian: Shapka, Shapkë
Serbian: šumska šljuka, Шумска шлјука, Шумска шљука
Swedish: Morkulla
Tamil: Malai Mookkan
Tajik: кабкнаҷир, кӯрпатак, кӯрпатан, ک ورپ تک
Thai: นกปากซ่อมดง, นกปากส้อมดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók pàak-sô(a)am doŋ, nók pàak-sôa(a)m doŋ
Turkmen: tokaý ebegi
Turkish: Çulluk, Жылқышы
Tatar: теләттәвеч , урман шөлдие
Tuvinian: аърга улуг дылбыйы, Аърганың улуг дылбыйы, улуг дылбый
Udmurt: валеснэп, вальдшнеп, вальшнеп, кузьныр, нуркан, нюркан, нюртака
Ukrainian: Вальдшнеп, Слуква , Слуква лісова
Uzbek: ўрмон лойхўраги, якантовуқ
Vietnamese: Chim Nhát bà, Chim Rẽ gà, Dẽ gà, Nhát bà, Rẽ gà, Rẽ gà, Nhát bà
Kalmyk: ө-модна адуч, ө-модна чүүчл, цууцл, цууцыл, чуучел, чуучл, чүүчл, шаңшун, шоңшур
Chinese: [qiu-yu], [shan-yu], 丘 鹬, 丘鷸, 丘鹬, 山鷸
Chinese (Traditional): 丘鷸, 山鷸, 山鷸〔丘鷸〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 山鷸
Chinese (Taiwan): [shan-yu], 山鷸, 山鹬