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title: "Słonka zwyczajna"
description: "Scolopax rusticola — Ptaki. The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/eurasian-woodcock
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Słonka zwyczajna

> Scolopax rusticola — Ptaki. The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia.

- Scientific name: *Scolopax rusticola*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 7511
- Wikidata: [Q26114](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26114)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3931](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3931)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Woodcock
- de: Waldschnepfe
- es: Chocha perdiz
- fr: Bécasse des bois
- nl: Houtsnip
- pt: Galinhola
- pl: Słonka zwyczajna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2095), GB (473), DE (396), FI (357), IT (229), DK (216), FR (176), CN (155), NL (143), PL (136), UA (133), NO (127)

## Summary

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.
The male performs a courtship flight known as "roding" at dusk in spring. It is widely believed that the female will sometimes carry chicks between her legs whilst flying, though evidence…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_woodcock

## Photo

![Słonka zwyczajna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-woodcock/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8613967

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-woodcock?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).