| Actitis | |
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| Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Actitis Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Tringa hypoleucos (common sandpiper) Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
Actitis is a small genus of waders, comprising just two very similar bird species.