Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Scolopacidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult, basic plumage | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

wondering_tatler
Age: Adult, basic plumage | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

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Age: Adult, alternate plumage | Sex: Unknown  |Loc. North America

wondering_tatler
Age: Adult, basic plumage | Sex: Unknown | Loc. North America

Identification & Behavior: ~27 cm (11 in). The Wandering Tattler in basic plumage is gray with a white belly. The alternate plumage is gray in the upperparts and barred with black in the underparts. It has a dusky bill and yellowish legs. It forages nearly exclusively along the line of the surf on rocky shores. It bobs the tail like a Spotted Sandpiper and it is similar to it but is distinguished by larger size, entire bill dusky, and by dusky wings in flight. Also, see Surfbird and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Status: The Wandering Tattler is a rare Boreal migrant along the rocky shores of Peru during the months of September through April. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Ch.

Name in Spanish: Playero Vagabundo.

Sub-species: Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana), J. F. Gmelin 1789.

Meaning of Name: Tringa: Gr. A white wagging tail bird mentioned by Aristotle without being completely identified, but taken by later authors as a torch or wagtail. incana: L. gray, quite gray.

See more of the Family Scolopacidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.