Shorebirds and Allies
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Scolopacidae Low risk
The common sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper, 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.
Summary from Wikipedia
At a glance
Family
Scolopacidae
Group
Shorebirds and Allies
Conservation status
Low risk
Similar birds
All birds
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