Wandering tattler
| Wandering tattler | |
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| Adult in breeding plumage | |
| Adult in nonbreeding plumage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Tringa |
| Species: | T. incana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tringa incana (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Breeding Migration Nonbreeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Heteractitis incanus | |
The wandering tattler (Tringa incana) is a medium-sized shorebird, similar in appearance to the closely related 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.