Wandering tattler

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Wandering tattler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species:
T. incana
Binomial name
Tringa incana
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms

Heteractitis incanus
Heteroscelus incanus

The wandering tattler (Tringa incana; formerly Heteroscelus incanus: Pereira & Baker, 2005; Banks et al., 2006), is a medium-sized

gray-tailed tattler, T. brevipes. The tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned, greyish wings and backs, and a scaly breast pattern extending more or less onto the belly in breeding plumage, in which both also have a rather prominent supercilium
.

Taxonomy

The wandering tattler was

monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[9]

Wandering tattler on Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia
Point Cartwright, SE Queensland, Australia

Description

These birds have stocky bodies with gray upperparts, underwings, face and neck and a white belly. They have short dark yellow legs and a dark gray bill. Adults in breeding plumage are heavily barred underneath.

The

call
is a rapid trill of accelerating, staccato notes. They can consist of 3 or 4 beats, per call.

Distribution and habitat

In summer, the wandering tattler is found in

Pacific and on rocky Pacific coasts from California to South America and as far as Australia
.

In the nonbreeding season it is well distributed throughout the Pacific, often seeking coastlines and isolated islands.[10]

Behaviour and ecology

Food and feeding

They feed on aquatic invertebrates such as

crustaceans and marine worms. During breeding season, they also eat insects. While wading, they forage
actively, making jerky bobbing movements. Feeding behaviors can include repeated returns to the same location over short periods of time. They can be seen flying low over a rocky coastline or along a jetty.

Breeding

The female lays 4 olive-colored eggs in a shallow depression. Both parents incubate and help feed the young, who are soon able to forage for themselves.

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693305A93395464.en
    . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 658.
  3. ^ Latham, John (1785). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 3, Part 1. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 154-155, No. 29.
  4. JSTOR 4080770
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  5. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 270.
  6. doi:10.1093/auk/123.3.926
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  7. doi:10.1093/condor/107.3.514
    .
  8. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  9. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Wandering Tattler". Audubon. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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