Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria (Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper)

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Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria

Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   null
Scientific:
  Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria

Original description

Citation:

Reference:

Protonym:

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
92CD1337C6D54135

Avibase ID:
avibase-92CD1337

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/92CD1337

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Spotted or Solitary Sandpiper
Afrikaans:
Oewer-/Amerikaanse Ruiter
Azerbaijani:
Xallı sahildəyişən/Amerika ilbizcüllütü
Bulgarian:
Късокрил кюкавец / Водобегач отшелник
Catalan:
xivitona comuna/xivita solitària
Czech:
pisík americký/samotářský
Danish:
Mudderklire/Amerikansk Svaleklire
German:
Drosseluferläufer/Einsiedelwasserläufer
Spanish:
Andarríos Maculado/Solitario
Spanish (Spain):
Andarríos maculado/solitario
Estonian:
vihitaja/ameerika metstilder
Basque:
Kuliska txikia/bakartia
Finnish:
amerikansipi/amerikanmetsäviklo
French:
Chevalier guignette ou C. solitaire
Croatian:
mala/samotna prutka
Icelandic:
Díla-/svölustelkur
Dutch:
Amerikaanse oeverloper/Amerikaanse bosruiter
Norwegian:
flekksnipe/eremittsnipe
Polish:
brodziec plamisty/ciemnorzytny
Portuguese (Brazil):
maçarico-pintado/maçarico-solitário
Portuguese (Portugal):
Maçarico-pintado/Maçarico-solitário
Romanian:
Fluierar de munte/solitar
Slovak:
kalužiačik škvrnitý/kalužiak samotársky
Serbian:
Pegava polojka/američki sprudnik pijukavac
Swedish:
fläckdrillsnäppa/amerikansk skogssnäppa
Turkish:
Benekli/Esmer Düdükçün
Ukrainian:
Набережник плямистий/Коловодник малий

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Spotted or Solitary Sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Spotted or Solitary Sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria)
eBird version 2024: Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos/Tringa solitaria)
eBird version 2025: Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper ( Actitis macularius/Tringa solitaria)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (slash)

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Other related concepts

Tringa solitaria (taxon group)
Actitis hypoleucos (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Oewer-/Amerikaanse Ruiter
Azerbaijani: Xallı sahildəyişən/Amerika ilbizcüllütü
Bulgarian: Късокрил кюкавец / Водобегач отшелник
Catalan: xivitona comuna/xivita solitària
Czech: pisík americký/samotářský
Danish: Mudderklire/Amerikansk Svaleklire
German: Drosseluferläufer/Einsiedelwasserläufer
English: Spotted or Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
[ENAV]: Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
English, HBW: Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
English (IOC): Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
English (United States): Spotted/Solitary Sandpiper
Spanish: Andarríos Maculado/Solitario
Spanish (Spain): Andarríos maculado/solitario
Spanish (Uruguay): Playerito Manchado/Playero Solitario
Estonian: vihitaja/ameerika metstilder
Basque: Kuliska txikia/bakartia
Finnish: amerikansipi/amerikanmetsäviklo
French: Chevalier guignette ou C. solitaire
French (Guyane): Chevalier grivelé ou C. solitaire
Croatian: mala/samotna prutka
Icelandic: Díla-/svölustelkur
Scientific: Actitis hypoleucos or Tringa solitaria, Actitis hypoleucos/Tringa solitaria, Actitis macularius/Tringa solitaria
Dutch: Amerikaanse oeverloper/Amerikaanse bosruiter
Norwegian: flekksnipe/eremittsnipe
Polish: brodziec plamisty/ciemnorzytny
Portuguese (Brazil): maçarico-pintado/maçarico-solitário
Portuguese (Portugal): Maçarico-pintado/Maçarico-solitário
Romanian: Fluierar de munte/solitar
Slovak: kalužiačik škvrnitý/kalužiak samotársky
Serbian: Pegava polojka/američki sprudnik pijukavac
Swedish: fläckdrillsnäppa/amerikansk skogssnäppa
Turkish: Benekli/Esmer Düdükçün
Ukrainian: Набережник плямистий/Коловодник малий