Eye Color: Dark brown to black, immatures are light brown with a blue pupil.
Crown Color: Black and brown bars.
Throat Color: Brown and gray.
Upperparts: Gray, brown and black stripes.
Flight Pattern: If flushed suddenly from the ground the woodcock will rise vertically with noisy twittering wings, then fly off with rapid, zigzagging flight. Courtship flight involves an upward spiraling flight then rapid fluttering descent.
Upper Tail: Black with white band at tip.
Under Tail: Black with white band at tip.