Bird genealogy >> Order Charadriiformes >> Family Scolopacidae
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Location

Quogue, New York
USA

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/1250, f/11.0, ISO 640 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Schlammtreter Dutch  Willet
Italian  Willet Spanish  Playero Aliblanco

Comments

Very rare in the 1930's, Willets have responded to protection and are now common. They are the only seashore tattlers known to perch on telephone poles and wires.

Austin Jr, O.L, (1961), Birds of the World, Golden Press, New York, p 121.




 

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    17/07/2014

Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Chevalier semipalmé

Jean-Michel PAULUS