Sandpipers, Snipes
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
The willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the largest of the species called "shanks" in the genus Tringa. Its closest relative is the lesser yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which both species show in breeding plumage....
- Family
- Sandpipers, Snipes
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 246 g
- Habitat
- Coastal
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 42
Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Ben Smegelsky, PUBLIC DOMAIN via Wikimedia Commons
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