Scolopax minor

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,107 meters (0 to 16,755 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.4 Forest - Temperate

Biology

Diet

Almost exclusively worms and insects, with some seeds.

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Successional-scrub
• Clutch Size: 4
• Length of Incubation : 20-21 days
• Days to Fledge : 14
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Short distance migrant

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Common Snipe is more slender and browner, without the crossbars on nape. In flight, the Common Snipe has much more pointed wings.

Members of the genus Scolopax

There are approximately 31 species in this genus:

S. arquata · S. bukidnonensis (Bukidnon Woodcock) · S. celebensis (Sulawesi Woodcock) · S. celebensis celebensis (Sulawesi Woodcock) · S. celebensis heinrichi · S. cinerea · S. erythropus · S. gallinago · S. indicus · S. leucurus · S. limosa · S. media · S. minima · S. minor (American Woodcock) · S. mira (Ryukyu Woodcock) · S. nebularia · S. philohela · S. rochussenii (Moluccan Woodcock) · S. rosenbergii (New Guinea Woodcock) · S. rustica · S. rusticola (Eurasian Woodcock) · S. rusticola rusticola (Eurasian Woodcock) · S. rusticola ssp · S. rusticola ultimus · S. sabini · S. saturata (Rufous Woodcock) · S. saturata rosenbergii · S. sp · S. testacea · S. totanus · S. trachydactyla

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 11.
• A dictionary of birds, by Alfred Newton, assisted by Hans Gadow, with contributions from Richard Lydekker Charles S. Roy and Robert W. Shufeldt London, A. and C. Black, 1893-1896. ENG url p. 1045.
• A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology By W London, Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1837-1852 ENG url p. 396.
• A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. By Thomas Nuttall Cambridge, Hilliard and Brown, 1832-1834. ENG url p. 194.
• American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States: illustrated with plates engraved from drawings from nature / by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, [1878?] ENG url p. 326.
• Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York. [Albany, N.Y.: The Commission, 1896-1900] ENG url p. 322.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 119, p. 41, p. 41.
• Asteroid notes. Northfield, Minn, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1934-1950. ENG url p. 67.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Birds in Kansas / Max C. Thompson and Charles Ely. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History: c1989- ENG url p. 269, p. 403.
• Birds of the Colorado Valley: a repository of scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology / by Elliott Coues. Washington: G.P.O., 1878. ENG url p. 599.
• Birds of the Northwest: a hand-book of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries / by Elliott Coues. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1874. ENG url p. 472.
• Birds. With the co-operation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. Washington, D.C., 1858. ENG url p. 709.
• Buletinul Societii de ciine din Bucureci, Roma = Bulletin de la Soci des sciences de Bucarest, Roumanie. Bucureti: Societatea, 1892-1911. RUM url p. 366.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 155, p. 157, p. 159, p. 232, p. 797.
• Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. ENG url p. 164.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 666, p. 679.
• Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, 1891. ENG url p. 353.
• Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 109.
• Compendium der Helminthologie. Ein Verzeichniss der bekannten Helminthen, die frei oder in thierischen Körpern leben, geordnet nach ihren Wohnthieren, unter Angabe der Organe, in denen sie gefunden sind, und mit Beifügung der Litte von O. von Linstow. Hannover: Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, 1878. GER url p. 127.
• Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs: wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Leipzig: C.F. Winter, 1880- GER url p. 1008.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Fauna of New England, 11: list of the aves / by Glover M. Allen. Boston: Society of Natural History, 1909. ENG url p. 68.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 68.
• Faune des vertde la Belgique, par Alphonse Dubois Se des oiseaux Bruxelles, C. Muquardt, 1887-1894. FRE url p. 236.
• Hand-list of genera and species of birds, distinguishing those contained in the British Museum / by G.R. Gray 1870 ENG url p. 67.
• Handbuch der zoologie: Nach der zweiten holländischen ausgabe. Leipzig: L. Voss, 1850-56. GER url p. 407.
• Heligoland as an ornithological observatory; the result of fifty years' experience, by Heinrich Ge. Tr. by Rudolph Rosenstock. Edinburgh, D. Douglas, 1895. ENG url p. 480.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 127.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Scolopax minor. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Ontario Nest Records
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851039
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176580
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14378983
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176580
• IUCN ID: 49033
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF19020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6814

Footnotes

1. Mean = 233.780 meters (766.995 feet), Standard Deviation = 165.610 based on 9,105 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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