#0935 · 🐦 birds

Spotted Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Oeverloper ·Actitis macularius

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jason Headley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Knarr Gallery · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jennifer Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Blake Ross · CC BY 4.0
5. © Knarr Gallery · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sean Cozart · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kenneth Cole Schneider · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

9 in) long. The genus name Actitis is from Ancient Greek aktites , "coast-dweller", derived from akte , "coast", and macularius is Latin from macula , "spot".

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 90,999iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).