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    The willet is a large shorebird and the largest member of the sandpiper family. It has gray legs and a long, dark bill. Its body is dark gray above and light below, with a white tail that has a dark band at the end. There are two subspecies that have different breeding habitats and ranges. Willets nest on the ground, often in colonies, and forage in mudflats or shallow water for food like insects, crustaceans, and marine worms. The willet population declined due to hunting but has since increased, though they remain at risk due to habitat loss.

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    The willet is a large shorebird and the largest member of the sandpiper family. It has gray legs and a long, dark bill. Its body is dark gray above and light below, with a white tail that has a dark band at the end. There are two subspecies that have different breeding habitats and ranges. Willets nest on the ground, often in colonies, and forage in mudflats or shallow water for food like insects, crustaceans, and marine worms. The willet population declined due to hunting but has since increased, though they remain at risk due to habitat loss.

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    The willet is a large shorebird and the largest member of the sandpiper family. It has gray legs and a long, dark bill. Its body is dark gray above and light below, with a white tail that has a dark band at the end. There are two subspecies that have different breeding habitats and ranges. Willets nest on the ground, often in colonies, and forage in mudflats or shallow water for food like insects, crustaceans, and marine worms. The willet population declined due to hunting but has since increased, though they remain at risk due to habitat loss.

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    For other uses, see Willet (disambiguation).

    [1] BirdLife International (2012). "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version
    2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
    Retrieved 26 November 2013.

    The willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the


    monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus
    semipalmatus,[2] is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of
    the shanks. Its closest relative is the lesser yellowlegs, a
    much smaller bird with a very dierent appearance apart
    from the ne, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which
    both species show in breeding plumage.

    [2] Pereira & Baker (2005), Banks et al. (2006)


    [3] O'Brien, Michael; Crossley, Richard; Karlson, Kevin
    (2007). The Shorebird Guide. Boston: Houghton Miin
    Harcourt. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-618-43294-3.

    Adults have gray legs and a long, straight, dark and stout
    bill. The body is dark gray above and light underneath.
    The tail is white with a dark band at the end. The distinctive black and white pattern of the wings is a common
    sight along many North American coastal beaches.

    3 References
    Banks, Richard C.; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.;
    Kratter, Andrew W.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Rising, James D. & Stotz, Douglas F.
    (2006): Forty-seventh Supplement to the American
    Ornithologists Union Check-list of North American
    Birds. Auk 123(3): 926936. DOI: 10.1642/00048038(2006)123[926:FSTTAO]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext

    Two subspecies (which may actually be dierent


    species)[3] have very dierent breeding habitats and
    ranges. The eastern willet breeds in coastal saltmarshes
    from Nova Scotia to Mexico and the Caribbean. It winters on the Atlantic coast of South America. The western willet breeds in freshwater prairie marshes in western
    North America. It winters on both coasts, from the midAtlantic states south to at least Brazil on the Atlantic, and
    from Oregon south to Peru and Chile on the Pacic.

    Pereira, Srgio Luiz & Baker, Alan J. (2005):


    Multiple Gene Evidence for Parallel Evolution
    and Retention of Ancestral Morphological States
    in the Shanks (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae).
    Condor 107(3): 514526. DOI: 10.1650/00105422(2005)107[0514:MGEFPE]2.0.CO;2 HTML
    abstract

    Willets nest on the ground, usually in well-hidden locations in short grass, often in colonies. These birds forage
    on mudats or in shallow water, probing or picking up
    food by sight. They mainly eat insects, crustaceans and
    marine worms, but also eat some plant material.
    The willets population declined sharply due to hunting
    in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their
    population has since increased, but they are still considered at risk, especially in light of continued habitat loss.

    4 External links
    Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection: Willet fact sheet
    Willet species account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

    Gallery

    Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - USGS


    Patuxent Bird Identication InfoCenter

    Breeding plumage, North Carolina

    Willet Bird Sound at Florida Museum of Natural


    History

    After catching a sh in Manuel Antonio National


    Park, Costa Rica

    Willet videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet


    Bird Collection
    Willet photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)

    Willet, North Carolina

    Interactive range map of Catoptrophorus semipalmatus at IUCN Red List maps

    In ight, showing the bold underwing pattern


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