Willet

Tringa semipalmata

This was the name for all willets until October 2026, when the species was split into the Saltmarsh Willet of the East Coast and the Prairie Willet of the West. 'Willet' is its call: 'pill-will-willet.'

Tringa is a name Ulisse Aldrovandi gave a sandpiper in 1603; semipalmata means 'half-webbed.'