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Actitis hypoleucos

Common Sandpiper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Common Sandpiper; German Flussuferläufer

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Vagrant, Non-breeder; Land, wet grasslands

SIMILAR SPECIES: Confused with Spotted Sandpiper especially in non-breeding plumage.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: OPresent    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+V

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Actitis hypoleucos
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; AVES; NEORNITHES; Charadriiformes; SCOLOPACIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldsight, 2 birds, grass eastern end of Airport runway, 16 Nov 1993, GM distinct bar on breast grey above white below, ?breeding plumage, per. Shorebirds page 156#148a.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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