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
