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Common Sandpiper

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Common Sandpiper

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Also known as Actitis hypoleucos

species of bird

AI overview

The Common Sandpiper is a small wading bird found across much of Europe, Asia, and Africa that frequents shores and shallow waters. It matters to bird watchers and ecologists as a widespread species whose presence and movements can indicate the health of wetland habitats and water ecosystems.

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Species

Least Concern

common sandpiper

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyScolopacidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations60,686

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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.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Common Sandpiper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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