Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 59,979
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Spotted sandpiper”.