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Wandering Tattler

(Tringa [Heteroscelus] incana)
Alternate name(s): "American Tattler"
Size: 26-30 cm; wing span 50-55 cm
Weight: 120-210 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Wandering Tattler at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

NON-BREEDING

Frontal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Near-frontal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Near-frontal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Caloundra, QLD, January 2018]

Near-lateral view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]

Close-up lateral view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage looking towards the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Lateral view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Caloundra, QLD, January 2018]

Lateral view of a preening Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Lateral/near-dorsal view of Wandering Tattlers in non-breeding plumage on a rockface (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Caloundra, QLD, January 2018]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Close-up dorsal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Dorsal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Caloundra, QLD, January 2018]

Dorsal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]

Food, Diet

Frontal view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage gobbling up its prey (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Lateral view of a Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage with its prey (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]

Wandering Tattler in non-breeding plumage prying its prey from a tiny rock pool (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Caloundra, QLD, January 2018]

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