Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) - HBW 3, p. 513
French: Chevalier guignette
German: Flußuferläufer
Spanish: Andarríos Chico
Other common names: Eurasian Sandpiper
Taxonomy: Tringa Hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes placed in genus Tringa. Occasionally considered conspecific with A. macularia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Europe E across C Asia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan. Winters from W Europe and Africa through Middle East and S Asia to Indonesia and Australia; irregularly on islands of W Pacific.
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Two birds foraging together along the shore of a pond Locality Parc del Foix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 31 March 2006 4 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
An adult running along vegetable debris at a lake's edge Locality Burgenland State, Austria (Monotypic species)
Malcolm Mark Swan 22 May 2006 4 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding on a lake with small waves Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 4 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A calling adult bird, alert due to young, hidden close by, some nice frontal and close-up head shots. Locality Mannix Point, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
Mark Andrews 22 June 2010 45 weeks ago 2 min 58 sec 4.2 -
Common Sandpiper preening Locality Burgenland State, Austria
Andreas Gruber 29 July 2010 1 year ago 1 min 37 sec 4.2 -
A bird looking for some food. Locality Parque de la Guia, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Jeremiusz Trzaska 8 February 2012 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 42 sec 4.2
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Feeding on the high tide
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 23 August 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Single bird on the shore.
Locality Novosibirsk Oblast, Western Russia, Russia
Sergey Pisarevsky 16 July 2011 15 weeks ago 4.4 -
Standing on a rock
Locality Abu Nakhla Ponds, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 6 February 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird walking on flooded land, at Central Yakutia.
Locality Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 21 May 2009 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird on the ground looking around.
Locality Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 13 October 2011 15 weeks ago 4.2 -
Common Sandpiper
Locality Sohar, Al Batinah, Oman
Shah Jahan 4 December 2008 50 weeks ago 4.2
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Calling while feeding Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 1 year ago 4.5 -
Display calls of two birds Locality Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 14 June 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of bird taking off Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 1983 2 years ago 4 -
A bird calling once, in flight.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 1 year ago 3 -
An adult giving alarm-calls. Locality Vasterbotten County, Sweden
(Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 4 July 2008 2 years ago 3
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