Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Limnodromus griseus—Short-billed Dowitcher // Limnodromus scolopaceus—Long-billed Dowitcher // Limosa fedoa—Marbled Godwit // Numenius americanus—Long-billed Curlew // Numenius phaeopus—Whimbrel // Phalaropus fulicarius—Red Phalarope // Phalaropus lobatus—Red-necked Phalarope // Tringa melanoleuca—Greater Yellowlegs // Tringa semipalmata—Willet
Sites.
Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).
Literature. Jefferson 1991a; Stock and Harris 1992.
This is a winter resident generally distributed in the regional river valleys.
Fig. 1. Long-billed Dowitcher. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sites.
Late Wisconsin: Animal Fair 18-20 ka (Harris 1989: cf.).
Literature. Harris 1989.
Sites.
Sangamon: San Pedro Lumber Co. (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992); San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998; Jefferson 1991a; Stock and Harris 1992.
Although this moderately large, long-billed bird occurs mostly north and south of our region, it may be expected anywhere below forested regions during migration.
Fig. 1. Long-billed Curlew. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sites.
Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).
Late Wisconsin: Charlies Parlor (Harris 1989); Harris' Pocket (Harris 1989).
Late Wisconsin/Holocene: Howell's Ridge Cave (Howard 1962); Stanton's Cave (Rea and Hargrave 1984); Stock and Harris 1992.
Literature. Harris 1989; Howard 1962; Jefferson 1991a; Rea and Hargrave 1984.
Sites.
Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992); San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998; Jefferson 1991a; Stock and Harris 1992.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992); San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Late Wisconsin: Stanton's Cave (Rea and Hargrave).
Literature. Guthrie 1998; Rea and Hargrave 1984; Stock and Harris 1992.
Sites.
Late Pleistocene: Rancho del Oro (Jefferson 2014).
Late Wisconsin: Skull Cave (Emslie 1988); Stanton's Cave (Rea and Hargrave).
Literature. Emslie 1988; Jefferson 2014
Rea and Hargrave 1984.Sites.
Sangamon: San Pedro Lumber Co. (Jefferson 1991a).
Literature. Jefferson 1991a.
A bird associated with water and normally present in the area now only during migration.
Fig. 1. Greater Yellowlegs at Bosque del Apache, Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. Photograph by John J. Mosesso, courtesy of the National Biological Information Infrastructure.
Sites.
Wisconsin: Carpinteria (Guthrie 2009).
Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).
Late Wisconsin: Animal Fair 18-20 ka (Harris 1993c).
Literature.
Guthrie 2009; Harris 1989; Jefferson 1991a; Stock and Harris 1992.
Synonyms. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus.
Willets occur in migration throughout the Southwest in association with water.
Fig. 1. Willet. Photograph by John J. Mosesso, courtesy of the National Biological Information Infrastructure.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Animal Fair (Harris 1993c: ? gen. et sp.).
Literature. Harris 1989.
Last Update: 27 May 2015