Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Spanish: Playero pihuiuí

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Photographed by rachmunger on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

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....

TaxonomyAves › Charadriiformes › Scolopacidae
Local records140 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records78,759 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2026 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “Willet (Tringa semipalmata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/tringa-semipalmata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.