Summary ⁶

The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius syn. 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.

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1. (c) Kenneth Cole Schneider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/5747130003/
2. (c) Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Actitis-macularia-004.jpg/460px-Actitis-macularia-004.jpg
3. (c) Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Actitis-macularia-005.jpg/460px-Actitis-macularia-005.jpg
4. (c) Dick Daniels (http://carolinabirds.org/), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Spotted_Sandpiper_%28Actitis_macularia%29_RWD.jpg
5. (c) Blake Matheson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3216742667_d6a98cc291_o.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actitis_macularius

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