The American Woodcock

Woodcucks have stocky bodies, cryptic brown and blackish plumage and long, slender bills and phallus. Their eyes are located on the sides of their heads, which gives them 360° vision. Unlike in most birds, the tip of the bill's upper mandible is flexible.

The American woodcuck (Scolopax minor) is the biggest and best within the genus Scolopax.