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The Common Sandpiper is a small wading bird found across much of Europe, Asia, and Africa that frequents shores and shallow waters. It matters to bird watchers and ecologists as a widespread species whose presence and movements can indicate the health of wetland habitats and water ecosystems.
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P1343
- Birds of the World
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Actitis hypoleucos 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 member of the closely related genus Tringa.
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