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This species is very similar to the slightly larger [[spotted sandpiper]] (''A. macularia'') in non-breeding plumage. But its darker legs and feet and the crisper wing pattern (visible in flight) tend to give it away, and of course they are only rarely found in the same location.<ref name=Hayman/> |
This species is very similar to the slightly larger [[spotted sandpiper]] (''A. macularia'') in non-breeding plumage. But its darker legs and feet and the crisper wing pattern (visible in flight) tend to give it away, and of course they are only rarely found in the same location.<ref name=Hayman/> |
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==Distribution and migration== |
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The common sandpiper breeds across most of [[temperate]] and [[subtropical]] Europe and Asia, and [[bird migration|migrates]] to Africa, southern Asia and [[Australia]] in winter. The eastern edge of its migration route passes by [[Palau]] in [[Micronesia]], where hundreds of birds may gather for a stop-over. They depart the Palau region for their breeding quarters around the last week of April to the first week of May.<ref name=Hayman/><ref name=VanderWerf2006 |
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==Behaviour and ecology== |
==Behaviour and ecology== |
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It is a gregarious bird and is seen in large flocks, and has the distinctive stiff-winged flight, low over the water, of ''[[Actitis]]'' waders. |
It is a gregarious bird and is seen in large flocks, and has the distinctive stiff-winged flight, low over the water, of ''[[Actitis]]'' waders. /> |
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[[File:Actitis hypoleucos MHNT.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Egg, [[Muséum de Toulouse]] ]] |
[[File:Actitis hypoleucos MHNT.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Egg, [[Muséum de Toulouse]] ]] |
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[[File:Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) probing mud banks in Kolkata I IMG 4169.jpg|right|thumb|Wintering bird foraging ''matakakoni''-style, [[Puri]] ([[Odisha]], [[India]])]] |
[[File:Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) probing mud banks in Kolkata I IMG 4169.jpg|right|thumb|Wintering bird foraging ''matakakoni''-style, [[Puri]] ([[Odisha]], [[India]])]] |
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===Feeding=== |
===Feeding=== |
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The common sandpiper forages by sight on the ground or in shallow water, picking up small food items such as [[insect]]s, [[crustacean]]s and other [[invertebrate]]s; it may even catch insects in flight. |
The common sandpiper forages by sight on the ground or in shallow water, picking up small food items such as [[insect]]s, [[crustacean]]s and other [[invertebrate]]s; it may even catch insects in flight. |
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==Relationship to humans== |
==Relationship to humans== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Actitis |
| Species: | A. hypoleucos
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| Actitis hypoleucos | |
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| Range Breeding Non-breeding Passage Possibly extant (non-breeding) Possibly extant (passage)
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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 basal species of the closely related shank genus Tringa.
Taxonomy
The common sandpiper was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tringa hypoleucos.[2] The species is now placed together with the spotted sandpiper in the genus Actitis that was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Illiger.[3][4] The genus name Actitis is from Ancient Greek aktites meaning "coast-dweller" from akte meaning "coast". The specific epithet hypoleucos combines the Ancient Greek hupo meaning "beneath" with leukos meaning "white".[5] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
Description
The adult is 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) long with a 32–35 cm (13–14 in) wingspan. It has greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs and feet, and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. In winter plumage, they are duller and have more conspicuous barring on the wings, though this is still only visible at close range. Juveniles are more heavily barred above and have buff edges to the wing feathers.[6]
This species is very similar to the slightly larger spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) in non-breeding plumage. But its darker legs and feet and the crisper wing pattern (visible in flight) tend to give it away, and of course they are only rarely found in the same location.[6]
Distribution and migration
The common sandpiper breeds across most of temperate and subtropical Europe and Asia, and migrates to Africa, southern Asia and Australia in winter. The eastern edge of its migration route passes by Palau in Micronesia, where hundreds of birds may gather for a stop-over. They depart the Palau region for their breeding quarters around the last week of April to the first week of May.[6]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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Breeding
It nests on the ground near freshwater. When threatened, the young may cling to their parent's body to be flown away to safety.[6][7]
Feeding
The common sandpiper forages by sight on the ground or in shallow water, picking up small food items such as insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates; it may even catch insects in flight.
Relationship to humans
In the Nukumanu language of the Nukumanu Islands (Papua New Guinea), this species is usually called tiritavoi. Another Nukumanu name for it, matakakoni, exists, but this is considered somewhat taboo and not used when children and women are around. The reason for this is that matakakoni means "bird that walks a little, then copulates", in reference to the pumping tail and thrusting head movements the Actitis species characteristically perform during foraging.[6][8]
Status
It is widespread and common, and therefore classified as a species of least concern by the IUCN but is a vulnerable species in some states of Australia.[1] The purple sandpiper is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.[9]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Actitis hypoleucos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693264A86678952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693264A86678952.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. Volume 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 149.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm (1811). Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (in Latin). Berolini [Berlin]: Sumptibus C. Salfeld. p. 262.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Sandpipers, snipes, coursers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 31, 199. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b c d e Hayman, Peter; Marchant, John; Prater, Tony (1986). Shorebirds: an Identification Guide to the Waders of the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-60237-8.
- ^ Mann, Clive F. (1991). "Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus carrying its young" (PDF). Forktail. 6: 77–78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ Hadden, Don W. (2004). "Birds of the northern atolls of the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Notornis. 51 (2): 91–102.
- ^ "Species". Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
External links
- Ageing and sexing (PDF; 5.5 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze
- Common sandpiper species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
- BirdLife species factsheet for Actitis hypoleucos
- "Actitis hypoleucos". Avibase.
- "Common sandpiper media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Common sandpiper photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Actitis hypoleucos at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Common sandpiper on Xeno-canto.
- Actitis hypoleucos in Field Guide: Birds of the World on Flickr
- Common sandpiper media from ARKive
