Wandering Tattler

Tringa incana (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana, breeds in the far north-east Palearctic and north-west Nearctic, including Chukotka, Alaska, Yukon, the far Northwest Territories and north-west British Columbia. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely across the Pacific, from rocky coasts in the south-western United States and southern Pacific islands to Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii and scattered eastern Pacific islands. It is a medium-sized shorebird with grey upperparts, unmarked wings and back, and a scaly breast pattern in breeding plumage. Its breeding range is tied to rocky mountain streams.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic, North America: subarctic montane tundra of far ne Palearctic and nw Nearctic: Chukotka (ne Siberia), Alaska mainland (except far n), Yukon, far NWT and nw British Columbia (nw Canada)

Nonbreeding range

w USA and s PO islands : temperate to tropical, mainly rocky Pacific coasts: e Australia, se New Guinea satellites, Melanesia, Micronesia and all Polynesian groups including Hawaiian Is., isolated e Pacific islands including Clipperton (far sw of Mexico), del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica), Malpelo (w of Colombia) and Galápagos; sw Canada to Ecuador (e Pacific coast)