Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) - BirdLife species factsheet

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Cramp, S. and Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
Turbott, E. G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.
Turbott, E.G. 1990. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	48 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	47,200,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	141,000,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	6.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number c.2,600,000-3,200,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2015). The European population is estimated at 794,000-1,460,000 pairs, which equates to 1,590,000-2,920,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). National population estimates include: c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs, c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in China; c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in Taiwan; c.100-10,000 breeding pairs, c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.50-1,000 wintering individuals in Korea; c.100-10,000 breeding pairs, c.1,000-10,000 individuals on migration and c.1,000-10,000 wintering individuals in Japan and c.10,000-1 million breeding pairs and >c.1,000 individuals on migration in Russia (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is decreasing, although some populations may be stable and others have unknown trends (Wetlands International 2015). The European population declined moderately between 1980 and 2013 (EBCC 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Albania	extant	native	yes
Algeria	extant	native
Andorra	extant	native
Angola	extant	native
Armenia	extant	native		yes
Australia	extant	native
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native		yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes	yes
Bangladesh	extant	native
Belarus	extant	native		yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native
Bhutan	extant	native
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Botswana	extant	native
British Indian Ocean Territory	extant	native
Brunei	extant	native
Bulgaria	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Burundi	extant	native
Cambodia	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Cape Verde	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native
Christmas Island (to Australia)	extant	native
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia)	extant	native
Comoros	extant	native
Congo	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Croatia	extant	native		yes
Cyprus	extant	native			yes
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native		yes		yes
Djibouti	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Estonia	extant	native		yes
Eswatini	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	vagrant
Fiji	extant	vagrant				yes
Finland	extant	native		yes		yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
French Southern Territories	extant	vagrant
Gabon	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Germany	extant	native	yes			yes
Ghana	extant	native
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Greece	extant	native	yes			yes
Guam (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native
Hungary	extant	native		yes
Iceland	extant	vagrant
India	extant	native
Indonesia	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes			yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes	yes
Ireland	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	native
Italy	extant	native	yes			yes
Japan	extant	native
Jordan	extant	native				yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native
Kiribati	extant	vagrant
Kuwait	extant	native			yes	yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native
Latvia	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes	yes
Lesotho	extant	native
Liberia	extant	native
Libya	extant	native
Liechtenstein	extant	native		yes
Lithuania	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	native
Macao (China)	extant	native
Madagascar	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native
Malaysia	extant	native
Maldives	extant	native
Mali	extant	native
Malta	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native
Mauritius	extant	native
Mayotte (to France)	extant	native
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	native			yes
Moldova	extant	native		yes
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Morocco	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
Myanmar	extant	native
Namibia	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
New Caledonia (to France)	extant	native
New Zealand	extant	vagrant
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
North Korea	extant	native		yes
North Macedonia	extant	native	yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)	extant	native			yes
Norway	extant	native		yes		yes
Oman	extant	native			yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	native
Palau	extant	native			yes
Palestine	extant	native			yes	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native
Philippines	extant	native
Poland	extant	native	yes			yes
Portugal	extant	native	yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes	yes
Réunion (to France)	extant	native
Romania	extant	native		yes		yes
Russia	extant	native		yes		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes		yes
Rwanda	extant	native
Samoa	extant	vagrant
São Tomé e Príncipe	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes	yes
Senegal	extant	native
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Seychelles	extant	native
Sierra Leone	extant	native
Singapore	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
Solomon Islands	extant	native
Somalia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
South Korea	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native				yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native
Sudan	extant	native
Sweden	extant	native		yes		yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native			yes	yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native
Thailand	extant	native
Timor-Leste	extant	native			yes	yes
Togo	extant	native
Tunisia	extant	native
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native
Ukraine	extant	native	yes			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes			yes
USA	extant	vagrant			yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Vanuatu	extant	native
Vietnam	extant	native
Western Sahara	extant	native
Yemen	extant	native			yes	yes
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Austria	Tyrolian Lech valley
Russia (Asian)	Forty Islands
South Sudan	Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Wastewater Treatment Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	breeding
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Human intrusions & disturbance

Recreational activities

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Negligible declines

Low Impact: 4

Stresses
Species disturbance

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/common-sandpiper-actitis-hypoleucos on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.