Actitis hypoleucos


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Noun1.Actitis hypoleucos - a variety of sandpiperActitis hypoleucos - a variety of sandpiper    
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Actitis, genus Actitis - a genus of Scolopacidae
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2016: Identifying the sex of the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) by linear measurements.
Up to 6.4% of the species observed had no breeding opportunities within the study area (Actitis hypoleucos, Aquila pomarina, Merops apiaster, Muscicapa striata, Phylloscopus trochilus, and Sylvia borin).
Scolopacidae Actitis hypoleucos Common sandpiper Calidris minuta Little stint Philomachus pugnax Ruff Tringa glareola Wood sandpiper 35.