Spotted sandpiper
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.
| Spotted sandpiper | |
|---|---|
| Breeding plumage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Actitis |
| Species: | A. macularius |
| Binomial name | |
| Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Range Breeding Migration Non-breeding | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tringa macularia Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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