Subspecies
Tringa semipalmata inornata (Western willet)
Tringa semipalmata inornata. Photo: (c) Tatiana Gettelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
The willet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the largest of the species called “shanks” in the genus Tringa. Its closest relative is the lesser yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which both species show in breeding plumage….
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
- Genus: Tringa (Shanks, tattlers, and allies)
- Species: Tringa semipalmata (Willet)
- Subspecies: Tringa semipalmata inornata (Western willet)
- Species: Tringa semipalmata (Willet)
- Genus: Tringa (Shanks, tattlers, and allies)
- Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)




