woodcock vs shorebird

woodcock and shorebird both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
woodcock	Yes	No	No	No
shorebird	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of woodcock include limicoline bird, shore bird.

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