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Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos [Linnaeus, 1758]
Other Names
Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
CS, COMSA
EURING No:
5560
Number in Britain:
12 thousand pairs (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Declining
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
.
Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
40 cm
Weight:
M/F: 50 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: aktites =coast dweller
and Gr.: hupo =below + leukos =white
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n&c Europe, n&c Asia, WINTERS: south to Africa, s Asia & Australia
Habitat:
Rivers & lakes, on migration marsh & seacoast
Diet:
Invertebrates, especially insects, located visually, mostly from surface
TitBit:
A common bird on upland rivers during summer, it is easily identified by its habit of bobbing up and down, and its rapid, stiff-winged flight low over the water
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
No regional trends available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
12 thousand pairs
in 2000
Passage:
100 individuals
First Record:
1544
Latest Survey:
Dougall, T.W. et al. (2004) WSG Bulletin 105:42-49
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Species of European Concern,
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern:
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
Average Day of First Arrival:
15 Apr
European Population Size:
Summer:
370 to 700 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
36 x 26 mm
Egg Weight:
12.5 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
30
(more would be welcome!)
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
3.85 ± 0.45 (2 - 5) N = 413
Incubation:
21- 22 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
26 - 28days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
19 May (5 May - 6 Jun)
Number of Broods:
1
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
294
Adult Survival:
0.844
± 0.062
(M:0.720
;
F:0.620
)
Juvenile Survival:
0.570 (in First-Year)
Age at First Breeding:
2
years
Typical Lifespan:
8
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
14yr 0m
(Sweden: 14yr 6m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
B+
Wing Length
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
110.8 ± 3.1
106 - 115 mm, N =33
Female:
115.2 ± 3.0
111 - 120 mm, N =41
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
49.79 ± 5.89
41.50 - 58.50 g , N =31
Female:
62.78 ± 9.71 .
49.50 - 80.50 g , N =36
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Fìdhleir-bòrd-an-locha
Welsh:
Pibydd y Dorlan
Danish:
Mudderklire
Dutch:
Oeverloper
Finnish:
Rantasipi
French:
Chevalier guignette
German:
Flußuferläufer
Hungarian:
Billegeto cankó
Icelandic:
Lindastelkur
Irish:
Gobadán Coiteann
Italian:
Piro piro piccolo
Norwegian:
Strandsnipe
Polish:
Brodziec piskliwy
Portuguese:
Maçarico-das-rochas
Spanish:
Andarríos chico
Swedish:
Drillsnäppa
Local Names: Sand Lark
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Nethersole-Thompson, D. & M. 1986 Waders, their breeding, haunts and watchers Poyser, London
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