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 LC    Willet* Id (Atlas):
    Tringa semipalmata

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Tringa semipalmata [AOU checklist (1998 + supplements)]

Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Size
33 - 41 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Range (Guide)
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).

Population
Estimated population is 250,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (114)...)

 
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) [XC572579]
     by Naomi from J Street Marina, Chula Vista, San Diego Co, California, United States (call)

 
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) [XC648474]
     by Paul Driver from Galloway, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States (call)

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.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Willet (Tringa semipalmata) - 10 files


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