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 LC    Spotted Sandpiper* Id (Atlas):
    Actitis macularius Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Actitis macularia [Stotz et al. (1996)], Actitis macularia [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Tringa macularia [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1766

Range (Guide)
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (NB), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (NB), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Asian), Senegal, Spain, St Helena, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Population
Estimated population is 150,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually solitary.

Food
Insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

 
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis) [XC325950]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Revelstoke, Columbia-Shuswap, British Columbia, Canada (alarm call)

 
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis) [XC475681]
     by William Whitehead from Hawk Rise Sanctuary (near Linden), Union County, New Jersey, United States (call)

Subspecies
Occasionally considered conspecific with Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos). Some authors have recognized two subspecies, rava (western North America) and nominate (eastern North America), but generally considered invalid.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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