Common name | Bécasse de mer tachetée |
Language | French |
Type | FAO old |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | France |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'bécasse', i.e., woodcock (a widespread Old World woodland bird, Scolopax rusticola that is related to the sandpipers and snipes (Ref. 27888); 'de mer', i.e., of the sea; 'tachetée', i.e., mottled. Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |