Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (NB), El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Finland, France, Norway, Portugal, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay (NB).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 250,000 (2010).
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) [XC875350]
by Alexandre Renaudier from Chomes, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) [XC237796]
by Dan Lane from Broussard Beach, Cameron, Louisiana, United States (call, song)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
inornata (Gmelin, 1789) - Central Alberta and south-western Manitoba south to northern Colorado and western Nebraska. Winters from coastal southern USA to northern South America, mainly on Pacific coast, south to northern Chile.
semipalmata (Gmelin, 1789) - Southern New Brunswick, Atlantic and Gulf coasts of USA, and West Indies. Winters from Atlantic and Gulf coasts of USA and Mexico through Central America and West Indies south to southern Brazil.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet