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Spotted Sandpiper
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Copyright: Luis Vargas (Chiza)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-12-14 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/4.5, 1/250 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-12-19 19:28 |
| Viewed: 492 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
Spotted Sandpiper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Actitis macularia)
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Actitis
Species: A. macularia
Binomial name
Actitis macularia
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
Tringa macularia Linnaeus, 1766
The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) is a small shorebird, 18-20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) they make up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with breeders of the other species and hybridize.
Their breeding habitat is near fresh water across most of Canada and the United States. They migrate to the southern United States and South America, and are very rare vagrants to western Europe. These are not gregarious birds and are seldom seen in flocks.
Adults have short yellowish legs and an orange bill with a dark tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath with black spots. Non-breeding birds, depicted below, do not have the spotted underparts, and are very similar to the Common Sandpiper of Eurasia; the main difference is the more washed-out wing pattern visible in flight and the normally light yellow legs and feet of the Spotted Sandpiper. The Acititis species have a distinctive stiff-winged flight low over the water.
Spotted Sandpipers nest on the ground. Females may mate with more than one male, leaving incubation to them.
These birds forage on ground or water, picking up food by sight. They may also catch insects in flight. They eat insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates. As they forage, they can be recognized by their constant nodding and teetering. |
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hello Luis
i like the picture
great foto and sharp
greeting lou
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