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Common_Sandpiper1 Actitis hypoleucos,Common sandpiper,Geotagged,South Africa,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Amazing how many new species you're introducing! Posted 11 years ago
  2. View stephen whittaker's profile
    stephen whittaker
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    Thanks. I find birds make a difficult but interesting photo subject. Posted 11 years ago
  3. View Ant Marriott's profile
    Ant Marriott
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    Think this is a Common Sandpiper not a Greenshank. Posted 10 years ago
    1. View stephen whittaker's profile
      stephen whittaker
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      Not sure because of the colour of its legs. Posted 10 years ago
  5. View Ant Marriott's profile
    Ant Marriott
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    The leg isn't long enough thigh to knee and the colour is wrong, the head and neck should be a pale streaked grey not brown. Posted 10 years ago
  6. View stephen whittaker's profile
    stephen whittaker
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    Ok, thanks for that. Will try and change the species. Posted 10 years ago

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The Common sandpiper

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.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies
Species identified by stephen whittaker
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By stephen whittaker

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Uploaded Jan 21, 2014. Captured Oct 16, 2013 06:34 in Unnamed Road, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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  • NIKON D90
  • f/20.0
  • 10/8000s
  • ISO3200
  • 400mm