Willet
Tringa semipalmata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
- SpeciesTringa semipalmata (Willet)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Willet in Everglades National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Willet sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 963 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Willet in Everglades National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Willet in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.