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[[Image:WanderingTattlerIMG 4955.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Winter plumage<br />Photo © by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br /> Pacifica, San Mateo County, [[California]], [[USA]], 5 September 2016]] | [[Image:WanderingTattlerIMG 4955.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Winter plumage<br />Photo © by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br /> Pacifica, San Mateo County, [[California]], [[USA]], 5 September 2016]] | ||
| − | [[Grey-tailed Tattler]] is similar but in breeding plumage has reduced barring on its underparts especially its undertail coverts which are usually unmarked. At close range nasal groove extends to mid-point on bill of Wandering but shorter on Grey-tailed. But this is very difficult to see and the nasal groove should not be confused with the nostril. Otherwise best distinguished by call which is a series of hollow whistled in Wandering Tattler compared to more plover-liked slurred whistles for Grey-tailed. | + | [[Grey-tailed Tattler]] is similar but in breeding plumage has reduced barring on its underparts especially its undertail coverts which are usually unmarked. At close range nasal groove extends to mid-point on bill of Wandering but shorter on Grey-tailed. But this is very difficult to see and the nasal groove should not be confused with the nostril. Otherwise best distinguished by call which is a series of hollow whistled notes in Wandering Tattler compared to more plover-liked slurred whistles for Grey-tailed. |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Winter: Western coastal [[North America]] from upper latitudes of [[California]] through [[Mexico]].<br /> | Winter: Western coastal [[North America]] from upper latitudes of [[California]] through [[Mexico]].<br /> | ||
Revision as of 06:30, 16 August 2019
- Tringa incana
Heteroscelus incanus
Identification
Length 28cm (11"), Wingspan 66cm (26"), wt. 110gm.
A shorebird with short yellow legs, a plain gray back.
In breeding season (Apr-Oct) the adult bird has heavy barring on the underside, from cheeks to tail.
Nonbreeding birds lack the barring, and have gray flanks and breast, with the remainder of the underside white.
Similar Species
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Pacifica, San Mateo County, California, USA, 5 September 2016
Grey-tailed Tattler is similar but in breeding plumage has reduced barring on its underparts especially its undertail coverts which are usually unmarked. At close range nasal groove extends to mid-point on bill of Wandering but shorter on Grey-tailed. But this is very difficult to see and the nasal groove should not be confused with the nostril. Otherwise best distinguished by call which is a series of hollow whistled notes in Wandering Tattler compared to more plover-liked slurred whistles for Grey-tailed.
Distribution
Winter: Western coastal North America from upper latitudes of California through Mexico.
Summer: Alaska.
Taxonomy
This species has been placed in the genus Heteroscelus together with Grey-tailed Tattler, but Clements1 and Sibley & Monroe2 place it in Tringa.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rocky coasts.
Behaviour
Solitary. Nests along mountain streams.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
- Gill, Robert E., Brian J. McCaffery and Pavel S. Tomkovich. (2002). Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana), The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America: https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/wantat1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Wandering Tattler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Wandering_Tattler
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