Willet

Chevalier semipalmé

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

• Description

  Willets are large, grayish, very noisy sandpipers. In flight, Willets can be easily recognized by the flash of their black and white wings. Their preferred foods are insects, marine worms, mollusks, small crabs, and small fish.

• Habitat

  Bays and Estuaries, Beaches & Sand Dunes, Coastal Shorelines, Coastal Zone, Mudflats, Salt Marshes, Sandflats

• Interesting Fact

  The name ‘Willet’ derives from their territorial call.