Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusScolopax (Woodcocks)
- SpeciesScolopax rusticola (Eurasian Woodcock)
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Woodcock sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Common Gull
Larus canus
📅 Monthly Probability
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Sightings of Eurasian Woodcock are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Eurasian Woodcock in Gauja National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Woodcock sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Eurasian Woodcock in Gauja National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Woodcock in Gauja National Park in our monthly data.