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Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Sandpipers and Allies
Common Sandpiper, photographed by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ )

Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · Wikimedia · CC-BY 3.0 (licence)

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About the Common Sandpiper

Small bicolored sandpiper which often bobs its tail in a distinctively wagtail-like manner. Plain brown with white underparts; distinguished from bulkier and rounder-headed Green Sandpiper by a prominent white spur at the shoulder. Found in a variety of wetland habitats; breeds on stony ground along rivers and lakeshores, with migrants occurring on muddy and rocky substrates from concrete canal banks to channels in tidal mudflats. Mainly found as singles or in small groups, not in flocks or mixed with other species.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 174 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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