Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

The common sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper, 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.

Scientific name

Actitis hypoleucos

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Amber