Bird Sighting
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos · Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
Where Common Sandpiper has been seen
Common Sandpiper in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 05/04/2021
- Last recorded
- 06/04/2026
- Places
- Pump House Flash, Elton Hall Flash
Recent records
About the Common Sandpiper
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), 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.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 27.3 cm
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