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Spotted Sandpiper
Blake Ross, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSpotted Sandpiper
DutchAmerikaanse Oeverloper
SpanishPlayero alzacolita
Chinese斑腹矶鹬
Scientific nameActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusActitis

In Suriname

1,974Records in Suriname
48iNaturalist observations
1905First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne546
  • Paramaribo546
  • Sipaliwini320
  • Nickerie223
  • Coronie38
  • Para32
  • Brokopondo17
  • Saramacca13
  • Wanica9
  • Marowijne9

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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