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Common name:

Eurasian Woodcock

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Scolopax rusticola

Order:

charadriformes

Family:

sclopacidae

fun facts:

The Eurasian Woodcock is a passage migrant to Ladakh. First recorded in Shey in 2019. It can be spotted along marshy areas, banks of slow flowing small rivers and mudflats.  The sexes look the same.

Bird Club Contributor:

Tashi Angchuk Stanba, Thiksay