Sandpiper ~ Common Sandpiper Bird Call and Pictures for Teaching BIRDSONG

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 basal species of the closely related shank genus Tringa. The adult is 18--20 cm long with a 32--35 cm wingspan. It has greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs and feet, and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. In winter plumage, they are duller and have more conspicuous barring on the wings, though this is still only visible at close range. Juveniles are more heavily barred above and have buff edges to the wing feathers.[2] This species is very similar to the slightly larger Spotted Sandpiper (A. macularia) in non-breeding plumage. But its darker legs and feet and the crisper wing pattern (visible in flight) tend to give it away, and of course they are only rarely found in the same location picture credits A "singing" bird on territory. Image taken at sunset in Glen Lyon, Scotland. Date 2 June 2010, 17:49 Source Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Author Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland /commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Common_Sandpiper_%28Actitis_hypoleucos%29.jpg English: Adult Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) in Krokom, Jämtland, Sweden. Date 31 May 2010 Source Own work /commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Sandpiper_100531.JPGAuthor Lars Falkdalen Lindahl (User: FalkdalenLindahl) English: Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos in Puri, Orissa, India. Date 10.3.07 Source Own work Author J.M.Garg Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Laem Pak Bia, Petchaburi, Thailand .wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Sandpiper_%28Actitis_hypoleucos%29_probing_mud_banks_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_4169.jpg Date 21 November 2012, 16:16:16 Source Own work Author JJ Harrison ([email protected]) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Actitis_hypoleucos_-_Laem_Pak_Bia.jpg Sandpiper (Organism Classification),Bird Vocalization (Database Topic),Common Sandpiper (Organism Classification),Bird (Organism Classification),birdsong,bird calls,bird watching,British birds,England,Bird watching,Twitching,Birder,Birds

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