Wandering Tattler
Wandering Tattler has edged down: down 11% on the route-weighted index since 1993.
About the Wandering Tattler
The Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) is a North American member of the Sandpipers & Allies (Scolopacidae). In this analysis it is grouped with the shorebirds.
- Size
- 5–26 in long (13–66 cm) — a probing shorebird (typical for the family)
- Habitat
- Shorelines, mudflats, beaches, flooded fields and wet meadows.
- Diet
- Invertebrates probed or picked from mud, sand and shallow water.
- Range
- Recorded on 13 Breeding Bird Survey routes across 1 state, most concentrated in the BCR 2.
- Family
- Scolopacidae · Shorebirds
Notable Wandering Tattler Trends
No notable trend signals for Wandering Tattler. See the full index history below.
Wandering Tattler Population Forecast
If the recent trend holds, Wandering Tattler is projected to stay roughly flat through 2029, near 0.00 (95% range 0.00–0.00). A 5-year backtest shows a typical error of ±146.1%, with 100% of held-out values landing inside the 95% band.
| Year | Projected index | 95% low | 95% high |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2026 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2027 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2028 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2029 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Where the Wandering Tattler Is Detected
BBS routes recording Wandering Tattler, sized by most recent count.
Wandering Tattler Population Trend by State
| Alaska | -38% | 1993 | 13 |
Wandering Tattler Population Trend by Region
Bird Conservation Regions are the ecological unit for trends.
| BCR 2 | -57% | 1995 | 7 |
Wandering Tattler Conservation Status
Our route-weighted index shows it down about 11% since 1993. Many shorebirds have declined steeply, reflecting pressure on the coastal and wetland stopovers they depend on.
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. Trend is a route-weighted relative-abundance index, not an absolute population.