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Genus Scolopax
Scolopax bukidnonensis - This species is restricted to mountain forests on the islands of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines. Its habitat is extremely remote and rugged, and is unsuitable for either logging or agriculture, and it is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
Sulawesi Woodcock - This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Little is known of its habits.
Blind snipe - The American Woodcock is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcock spend most of their time on the ground in brushy, young-forest habitats, where the birds' brown, black, and gray plumage provides excellent camouflage.
Amami Woodcock - This species is a Restricted-range endemic found only in forests on two small islands of the Amami Islands chain in South Japan. Insofar as its habits are known, they are similar to Eurasian Woodcock.
Obi Woodcock - An Indonesian endemic, the Moluccan Woodcock is restricted to two small islands in North Maluku. It is known from eight specimens, with the most recent collected in 1980. Nothing is known of its habits.
Scolopax rosenbergii - This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian Woodcock, but the calls are different. It can be very tame.
Woodcock - The male performs a courtship flight known as 'roding' at dusk in spring. When threatened, the female can carry chicks between her legs, in her claws or on her back while flying, though this is rarely witnessed. The world population is estimated to be 15 million to 16 million birds.
Dusky Woodcock - This species is restricted to wet mountain forests on Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. It nests on a bed of moss in light undergrowth. It has a "roding" display flight like Eurasian Woodcock, but the calls are different. It can be very tame.