Wandering Tattler

Tringa incana

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusTringa (Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies)
SpeciesTringa incana (Wandering Tattler)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Raja Ampat

3 Verified sightings at Raja Ampat From 2019 to 2026

4,383 Verified sightings across all 27 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Wandering Tattler

The wandering tattler (Tringa incana) is a medium-sized shorebird, similar in appearance to the closely related gray-tailed tattler (T. brevipes). The tattlers are unique among the species of Tringa for having unpatterned, greyish wings and backs, and a scaly breast pattern extending more or less onto the belly in breeding plumage, in which both also have a rather prominent supercilium.

The wandering tattler was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Scolopax and coined the binomial name Scolopax incana. Gmelin based his description on the "ash-coloured snipe" that had been described in 1785 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds. Latham's specimen had been supplied by the naturalist Joseph Banks. It had been collected in 1777 by William Anderson on the island of Mo'orea in the Society Islands during James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The wandering tattler was moved to the genus Heteroscelus which had been introduced by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858. and then in 2006 moved to... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat

Tringa brevipes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tringa nebularia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa glareola

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa stagnatilis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tringa totanus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Phalaropus lobatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calidris tenuirostris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris ferruginea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris minuta

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Limosa lapponica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
2	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~40%
3	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
4	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
5	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
6	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
7	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
8	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
9	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
11	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
14	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
15	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
17	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
20	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
21	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
22	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
23	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
24	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
25	Raja Ampat	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
26	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
27	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

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Wandering Tattler

About the Wandering Tattler

Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat

Grey-tailed Tattler

Common Greenshank

Wood Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Common Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Red-necked Phalarope

Great Knot

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Bar-tailed Godwit

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found