Wandering tattler Heteroscelus incanus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 8.75 inches
• Medium-sized shorebird
• Medium-sized dark bill
• Dark yellow legs
• Solid gray upperparts
• Indistinct white supercilium
• Pumps tail

Adult alternate

• Black and white barring on underparts

Adult basic and juvenile

• Gray breast
• White belly

Similar species:

The rare Gray-tailed Tattler, found in Alaska, is very similar.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.