Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Family Scolopacidae. Order Charadriiformes.

Common sandpiper — Photographs 1 — Common sandpiper.
Photo: Marek Szczepanek / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader.

Traits

Residency: migratory
Diet: insects, invertebrates
Game species: no

♪ Bird call

Recording: Wikimedia Commons

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Photographs

Common sandpiper — Photographs 2 — Common sandpiper. Zoological illustration.
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sandpiper'}