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Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Photo by Wild Things
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Description:

Greyish-brown upperparts, white underparts, short dark-yellowish legs and feet, and a bill with a pale base and dark tip. The Common Sandpiper breeds across most of temperate and subtropical Europe and Asia, and migrates to Africa, southern Asia and Australia in winter. The Common Sandpiper forages by sight on the ground or in shallow water, picking up small food items such as insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates; it may even catch insects in flight.

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Shot by Atul using my camera.

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Comments (4)

Thanks Nawal. I love your collection. Looking forward to your spotting of this bird.
I like this bird, there are lots of them in the mangroves where I live.

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