Spotted sandpiper | |
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Breeding plumage | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Actitis |
Species: | A. macularius
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Binomial name | |
Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Range Breeding Migration Non-breeding
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Synonyms | |
Tringa macularia Linnaeus, 1766 |
The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), it makes up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with breeders of the other species and hybridize.