Common sandpiper: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common sandpiper lives – recorded in 131 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Actitis hypoleucos
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	131 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the common sandpiper live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common sandpiper in 131 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common sandpiper endangered?

The common sandpiper’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common sandpiper?

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Actitis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common sandpiper

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common sandpiper (revision 1368250297), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q18850 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).