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)
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).
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis) [XC391160]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Tawas Point, Michigan, United States (call)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) [XC452792]
by William Whitehead from Estero Llano Grande SP, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, United States (flight 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.