woodcock vs shore bird

woodcock and shore bird both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
woodcock	Yes	No	No	No
shore bird	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shore bird is a hypernym of woodcock; that is, shore bird is a word with a broader meaning than woodcock:

woodcock: game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
shore bird: any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

Other hypernyms of woodcock include limicoline bird, shorebird.

woodcock (noun)	shore bird (noun)
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe	any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries