The wandering tattler is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related gray-tailed tattler, T. brevipes.

Basic Description. A familiar bird in winter along the Pacific Coast, the Wandering Tattler's plumage blends with dark gray rocks along the ocean.

Medium-sized, gray shorebird with short yellow legs and straight bill. Elongated, horizontal posture. In breeding plumage, look for jaggedly barred ...

For the majority of the year this medium-sized shorebird is essentially solitary, occurring as individuals or in groups of 2 or 3 along continental and insular ...

This species breeds in the extreme north-east of Siberia and from southern Alaska east to north-west British Columbia. It is present in the breeding range from ...

This gray sandpiper clambers actively over the boulders. If an observer approaches too closely, the bird gives a loud 'tattling' call and flies away.

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 ...

The 'ūlili, or wandering tattler, remains one of North America's least known birds. 'Ūlili winter in the Hawaiian Islands, arriving in stages.

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KEY FEATURES: A sandpiper with short yellowish legs, a long straight bill; dark grey above and pale to white below. It has aslight pale stripe over the eye.