Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

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Noun

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

willet

tattler - any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

Catoptrophorus, genus Catoptrophorus - willet

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Catoptrophorus semipalmatus "playero ala blanca", anteriormente se reportaban poblaciones de hasta 25 individuos por grupo y actualmente se ven algunos ejemplares aislados.

Ciento quince anos de registros de aves en Pantanos de Villa

minutilla), and willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus).

Shorebirds and benthic fauna of tidal mudflats in Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico

pusillo (Linnaeus), I O semipalmated sandpiper Catoptrophorus semipalmatus I R (Gmelin), willet Gallinago delicata (Ord), I O Wilson's snipe Limnodromus griseus (Gmelin), I O short-billed dowitcher L.

Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

On the other hand, Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia), American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), and willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) choose areas with scattered grasses and other plants.