Eurasian woodcock
The Eurasian woodcock was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his "Systema Naturae" under the current binomial name "Scolopax rusticola". The binomial name is derived from the Greek "skolopax", meaning 'woodcock', and Latin "rusticus" ('rural') and "colere" ('to live'). The species is monotypic and its closest relatives are the other woodcocks in the genus "Scolopax".