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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/390 sec
Date/Time
Thu 27 Nov 2008 05:02:48 PM EST
English Willet
Scientific (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Scolopacidae
Family (English) Sandpipers, Snipes
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions NA
Breeding Range Subregions e, c, se
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Bahamas,Belize,Bermuda,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Cayman Islands,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica, Cuba,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Finland,French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica,Mexico,Montserrat,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama,Peru,Portugal,Puerto Rico, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Turks and Caicos Islands,United States - mainland,Venezuela,
IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
inornata sc Canada and nc USA
semipalmata se Canada, e, s USA and West Indies
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
German Schlammtreter
French Chevalier semipalmé
Chinese 斑翅鹬
Japanese ハジロオオシギ
Russian Перепончатопалый улит
Spanish Playero aliblanco
Portuguese maçarico-de-asa-branca
Bird Data App text A large sandpiper similar in size to an oystercatcher, whimbrel or curlew.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)