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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 basal species of the closely related shank genus Tringa.
Scientific Name : Actitis Hypoleucos
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Type : Sandpipers And Snipes
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 18 - 24 cm
Compare Size : Quail +-
Wingspan : 32 - 35 cm
Weight : 41 - 56 g
Migratory : Resident Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : May / June
Other Names :
Hindi : जलरंक, चौबाहा
Marathi : तुतवार, तुतारी, सामान्य तुतारी
Habitat:
Ponds, Tanks, Tidal creeks, Rocky seashore
Breeding:
Eggs - 4, Yellowish buff or stone-colour, blotched and speckled with reddish brown, with phantom marks of lavender or pinkish grey
Feeding:
Insects, Worms, Molluscs
Juvenile
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | greyish-brown |
| Underparts | white except breast area |
| Legs | dark-yellowish |
| toes | dark-yellowish |
| Breast | brown lighty streaked |
| Head | brown |
| Neck | side of neck streaked brown |
| Wing | In winter plumage, duller and have more conspicuous barring on the wings, |
| Flanks | white, the white in flanks extend beyond folded wing covered area and give the birds characterstic hook white hook like pattern near the folded wing |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 03 Nov 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 14 Nov 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 02 Dec 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 16 Dec 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 12 Jan 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 02 Mar 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 08 Dec 2018 | Harihareshwar Beach, Raigad, Maharashtra |
| 09 Dec 2018 | Harihareshwar Beach, Raigad, Maharashtra |
