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The Common Sandpiper (*Actitis hypoleucos*) is a species of bird classified within the family Scolopacidae and order Charadriiformes. Described by Linnaeus in 1758, it belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The species has a wingspan of 0.273 and inhabits both marine and freshwater environments. Its taxonomic status is accepted, and it is part of the genus *Actitis*.
The bird’s range includes China, specifically the Nanling Mountains, as well as Africa and Burkina Faso. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2025, although a regional conservation status of Near Threatened is also noted. The species is documented in various sources, including the *Nordisk familjebok* and *Birds of the World*.
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Vinony's link graph records 499 inbound references to Common Sandpiper, and connects out to Least Concern, Australia and Thailand.
It is catalogued under topics including Actitis, Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus and Birds described in 1758.
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Least Concerncommon sandpiper
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyScolopacidae
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- Least Concern
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- Actitis hypoleucos
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- Actitis hypoleucos
- described by source
- Birds of the World
- wingspan
- 0.273
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- short name
- A. hypoleucos
- taxon common name
- vikiviky
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
- regional conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview
Actitis hypoleucos The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize. Hybridization has also been reported between the common sandpiper and the green sandpiper, a member of the closely related genus Tringa.
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