Scolopax fossil map
Where fossils of Scolopax have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Prehistoric birds |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Scolopacidae |
| Named by | Linnaeus 1758 |
| Fossil records | 43 occurrences at 34 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States, Greece, Japan, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Finland, Monaco, Haiti, Russia … |
| Rock formations | txn:39581, Tamiami, Waite |
About Scolopax
The woodcocks are a group of eight very similar living species of sandpipers in the genus Scolopax. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders. The English name is first recorded in about 1050. According to the Harleian Miscellany, a group of woodcocks is called a "fall".
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Woodcock (revision 1315247380), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q642855.
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