Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) - HBW 3, p. 514
French: Chevalier semipalmé
German: Schlammtreter
Spanish: Playero Aliblanco
Taxonomy: Scolopax semipalmata Gmelin, 1789, New York.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inornatus (Brewster, 1887) - C Alberta and SW Manitoba S to N Colorado and W Nebraska; winters from coastal S USA to N South America, mainly on Pacific coast, S to N Chile.
- semipalmatus (Gmelin, 1789) - S New Brunswick, Atlantic and Gulf coasts of USA, and West Indies; winters from Atlantic and Gulf coasts of USA and Mexico through Central America and West Indies S to S Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in basic plumage cleaning out bits of flesh left over from a limpet previously cleaned out by a Black Oystercatcher Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp inornatus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4.9 -
A bird feeding on a beach with a group of Ruddy Turnstones Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp semipalmatus )
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird feeding in a beach, in company of several Turnstones Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp inornatus)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2002 5 years ago 17 sec 4.7 -
A group of individuals feeding in the sea shore, next to a group of Sanderlings Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp inornatus)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2002 5 years ago 15 sec 4.7 -
A bird standing on a rock besides a Ruddy Turnstone Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp semipalmatus )
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 22 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile bird foraging in a fresh water lagoon Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp inornatus)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2003 5 years ago 21 sec 4.6
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Non-breeding
Locality Marco Island, Collier County, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 4 February 2010 29 weeks ago 4.7 -
Wintering non-breeding
Locality Monterey County, California, USA (United States) (ssp inornatus)
auf 6 December 2009 18 weeks ago 4.5 -
A non-breeding adult
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 22 March 2012 21 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult on a log
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 19 February 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
Bird catching a crab and shaking it off.
Locality Waterloo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 19 February 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
![Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus); © Boris Nikolov [www.fotobiota.com]](http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/imagecache/thumb/pictures/Tringa_semipalmata_www_fotobiota_com.jpg "Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus); © Boris Nikolov [www.fotobiota.com]")
Bird (moulting from winter to breeding plumage) eating a crab.
Locality Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Boris Nikolov 13 March 2010 1 year ago 4.2
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A bird calling from a fense post Locality California, USA (United States)
Santiago Imberti 1 June 2001 3 years ago 3.5
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