Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusActitis (Common and Spotted Sandpipers)
- SpeciesActitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
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. Hybridization has also been reported between the common sandpiper and the green sandpiper, a member of the closely related genus Tringa. Wikipedia →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Common Sandpiper sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 594 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Masai Mara National Reserve
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Sandpiper in Masai Mara National Reserve?
About 21% of wildlife watchers report a Common Sandpiper sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve, based on 594 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Common Sandpiper in Masai Mara National Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Common Sandpiper in Masai Mara National Reserve in our monthly data.