Saltmarsh Willet

Tringa semipalmata

'Willet' is its call: 'pill-will-willet.' 'Saltmarsh' is brand new: in October 2026 the Willet was split into two species, and this is the one that nests in East Coast salt marshes.

Tringa is a name the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi gave a sandpiper in 1603, from a wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. Semipalmata means 'half-webbed,' like the Semipalmated Plover.