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Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

Overview

Description

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.1

Taxonomy

Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) > Shorebirds

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Places Seen

  • California, United States

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Footnotes

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_sandpiper