
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 875 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
KwaZulu-Natal and beyond
Provinces where Common Sandpiper is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
875 records, iNaturalist
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Common Sandpiper: von Gastgebern erfasst in oder bei Kruger National Park.
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Eigenes Fahrzeug, eigenes Tempo, auf den Straßen des Parks.
Wo Gastgeber die Art erfassen
Art
Actitis hypoleucos
Nachweise
875
iNaturalist-Beobachtungen
Jede Buchung auf Spekboom unterstützt den Naturschutz.
Ein Nachweis bedeutet, dass ein Gastgeber den Common Sandpiper auf dem Grundstück oder in der Nähe gesehen hat. Eine Sichtung ist nie garantiert.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Common Sandpiper at stays in or beside Kruger National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Common Sandpiper is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (29% of records), Mpumalanga (27% of records), Western Cape (14% of records), based on 875 iNaturalist observations. 38 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Common Sandpiper on site or nearby.
The Common Sandpiper is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
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.