Scolopax

Eastern Willet, Tringa s. semipalmata synonym; Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, formerly; Symphemia semipalmata, protonym; Scolopax semipalmata, also known as the semipalmated tattler or simply as the willet, photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA.

Mystery bird: eastern willet, Tringa s. semipalmata 2011

Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber formerly, Guara rubra; protonym, Scolopax rubra, also known locally as the gaurá, photographed at Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, Brazil.

Mystery bird: scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber 2011

Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber formerly, Guara rubra; protonym, Scolopax rubra, also known locally as the gaurá, photographed at Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, Brazil.

Mystery bird: scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber 2011

Here's a naturalist's blog that's worth looking at: The Scolopax Chronicles.

Archive 2008-10-01 Glenda Larke 2008

Here's a naturalist's blog that's worth looking at: The Scolopax Chronicles.

Extinction is forever Glenda Larke 2008

The American Woodcock (_Scolopax minor_) is a more interesting bird than we should infer from his general appearance and physiognomy.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

In the swamp I found snipe, _Scolopax Wilsonii_: they call them here jacksnipe.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various

In conclusion mention must be made of the woodcock (_Scolopax rusticola_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Snipe, the Common, _Scolopax gallinago_, Y.iii. 38 (11 other sorts). l.

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

The snipes (_Scolopax frenata_, Ill.) found on the little plain between the bay and the light-house are in color precisely like those of Europe, from which, however, they differ in having two more feathers in their tails.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853