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Common Sandpiper

சாதா உள்ளான்

Actitis hypoleucos

Least concern

Common Sandpiper
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Overview

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.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Common sandpiper — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): சாதா உள்ளான் — CC BY-SA 4.0