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Wandering Tattler

Tringa incanaOrder: CHARADRIIFORMESFamily: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Wandering Tattler Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Gray
  • Forehead Color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Gray
  • Throat Color: White and gray streaked.
  • Cere color: No Data
Wandering Tattler Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 28 cm (11 in)
  • Weight: 116 g (4.1 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: Gray and white barred.
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Barred or banded
  • Breast Pattern: Barred or banded
Wandering Tattler Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Quick direct effortless flight with rapid flicking wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 56 cm (22 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: Gray
  • Leg Color: Dull yellow
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Family Sandpiper (Scolopacidae)_blue
Species Tringa incana
Length11 Inches
Wingspan22 Inches

Wandering Tattler

Wandering Tattler: Medium sandpiper, solid gray upperparts and heavily black-and-white barred underparts. Face is finely streaked and eye line is dark. Long, black bill. White eye ring. Dull yellow legs and feet. Eats insects, larvae, worms and mollusks. Quick, direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "whit-wee-wee-wees"

● Foraging & Feeding: Wandering Tattler: Diet includes various adult and larval flies, especially caddisflies and crane flies during the breeding season. On wintering grounds, forages by probing among the kelp and rocks of outer coast marine habitat for crustaceans, marine worms, and small mollusks. Occasionally wades in deep water, and may immerse its head completely to catch food.

● Breeding & nesting: Wandering Tattler: Four olive or green eggs marked with brown are laid in a shallow cup of twigs and roots, built in a hollow among rocks or gravel. Incubation ranges from 23 to 25 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Wandering Tattler: Gray-tailed Tattler has fine dark gray bars on breast, flanks, and edge of undertail coverts, and no bars on belly.

Flight Pattern

Quick direct effortless flight with rapid flicking wing beats.
Wandering Tattler Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Wandering Tattler: Breeds in mountainous areas of south-central Alaska and northwestern British Columbia. Spends winters on Pacific coast from central California southward. Found on rugged, rocky coastlines, jetties, and breakwaters, but during migration may be found on sandy beaches and coastal estuaries.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationUncommon to fairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight4.1 Ounces