Canada (B), Mexico, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), USA (B).
Southern Manitoba through Ontario and Quebec to New Brunswick and south-western Newfoundland, and south through Great Plains and eastern USA to east-central Texas, Gulf states and Florida. Winters in south-eastern USA, on Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southern Texas to southern Florida.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) [XC416032]
by Dan Lane from Tama (near Burlington), Des Moines, Iowa, United States (call, flight call)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) [XC882090]
by Caleb Helsel from Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area, Onondaga County, New York, United States (call)
Subspecies
In past sometimes placed in genus Philohela.