Willet

Tringa semipalmata - Chevalier semipalmé

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tringa

  • Species
    :

    semipalmata

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 41 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 70 à 80 cm.
  • Weight
    : 215 à 375 g
Longevity

9 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevalier semipalmé
adult plum. breeding
Chevalier semipalmé
adult plum. breeding

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Tringa semipalmata semipalmata (se Canada, e and s USA, West Indies)
  • Tringa semipalmata inornata (sc Canada, nc USA)

Foreign names

  • Chevalier semipalmé,
  • Playero aliblanco,
  • maçarico-de-asa-branca,
  • Schlammtreter,
  • lármás cankó,
  • Willet,
  • Piro piro semipalmato,
  • willet,
  • Willetsnipe,
  • kalužiak bahenný,
  • vodouš břehoušovitý,
  • Willet,
  • preeriaviklo,
  • gamba alanegra,
  • Fjörustelkur,
  • błotowiec (nadmorski),
  • dižā tilbe,
  • vilet,
  • Перепончатопалый улит,
  • ハジロオオシギ,
  • 斑翅鹬,
  • willet,
  • 半蹼白翅鷸,

Voice song and cries

Chevalier semipalmé
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Chevalier semipalmé
adult plum. post breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Chevalier semipalmé
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