Question: are woodcock and snipe the same thing?
Answer: Woodcocks and snipes are classified in the same order, Charadriiformes, and they both live in habitats near water or at sea. Woodcocks and snipes belong to the same family, Scolopacidae: the sandpipers and relatives. But the American woodcock (Scolopax minor) and Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) aren't identical.