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Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
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About Wandering Tattler
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) is recorded as a winter visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status W: winter visitor. See original island table. The record includes Kauaʻi-specific or clearly defined regional evidence appropriate to its stated occurrence status.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Tringa incana
- Common names
- Wandering Tattler
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: winter visitor (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Indigenous visitor
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wetlands · Ponds · Streams · Shorelines
- Food and resource needs
- Winter diet mainly marine worms, aquatic insects, mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish.
- Reproduction
- Breeding on Kauaʻi is not established; seasonal resting and foraging habitat may be relevant.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wetlands, ponds, streams.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Wetland loss, development, pollution, habitat-modifying invasive plants, and avian disease
- Conservation actions
- Preserve intertidal and wetland foraging edges · Tie winter-range fidelity to repeat-site monitoring
- Monitoring
- Track occurrence, abundance, habitat condition, breeding or seasonal use, and significant threats.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Regular Fall Winter Spring Migrant
- Seasonal description
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) is recorded as a winter visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.