Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Eurasian Sandpiper
Old scientific name(s): Tringa hypoleucos

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 25, 2005 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 25, 2009 © William Hull  Inner Port, Zeebrugge, Belgium - May 8, 2002 © Yves Baptiste  Inner Port, Zeebrugge, Belgium - May 8, 2002 © Yves Baptiste  Aiguamolls de lEmporda, Cataluna, Spain - May 5, 2002 © Pascal Dubois 
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Range

Palearctic;
Europe from British Isles and Scandinavia e. across n. Russia and n. Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka s. in the Mediterranean region, Turkey, w. and n. Iran, Afghanistan and the Himalayas, Mongolia, w., c. and n. China Ussuriland, Kuril Is., Sakhalin and Japan.
Winters s. to s. Africa (Uganda), c. Asia, the Philippines and Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria (Portland Harbor) and South Australia), Tasmania.

Videos

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is walking and bobbing its tail.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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