| Spotted sandpiper | |
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| Breeding plumage | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Actitis macularius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693277A93394194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693277A93394194.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.