Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos - some photos and notes

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Australia

The Common Sandpiper breeds throughout most of Europe and much of central and northern Asia. It is mainly migratory and the northern winter is spent in the tropics and further south from Africa through the Middle East, India, south-east Asia and into Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

Its behaviour is distinctive with a bobbing walk and a flickering flight with the wings looking stiff and beating rapidly. Plumage shows a white peak in front of the wing.

See more photos on my European page and my Middle East page.

Common Sandpiper, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, October 2013 - click for larger image

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