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title: "Galinhola-americana"
description: "Scolopax minor — Aves. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/american-woodcock
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Galinhola-americana

> Scolopax minor — Aves. 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.

- Scientific name: *Scolopax minor*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 13795
- Wikidata: [Q694319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q694319)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3936](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3936)

## Names

- en: American Woodcock
- de: Kanadaschnepfe
- es: Chocha del Este
- fr: Bécasse d'Amérique
- nl: Amerikaanse houtsnip
- pt: Galinhola-americana
- pl: Słonka amerykańska

## Countries with the most observations

US (9543), CA (2661), MX (14)

## Summary

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. Although classified with the sandpipers and shorebirds in the family Scolopacidae, the American woodcock lives mainly in upland…

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

## Photo

![Galinhola-americana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-woodcock/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dan Wilder · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160589960

## Machine access

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