Nelson writes that these birds have been noted on Pacific coasts north of the equator. They range across the broad ocean, usually alone or in pairs, to the South Sea islands, tripping daintily on beaches of atolls, their feet laved by warm tropic waters, and eyes familiar with luxuriant nature in its most lovely aspect. The next season may find them thousands of miles north, under shadows of stupendous cliffs among the grand but desolate Aleutians.
The only known nest in existence was taken by Murie on a gravel bar of Savage River, Alaska. It was a well-built compact structure of grass, roots and twigs.
EGGS: 4; pale glaucous green, spotted and blotched with browns.
Western North and South America, eastern Asia and Oceanica.