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Where does the Common Sandpiper live?

Actitis hypoleucos has 2,817,541 records in 181 countries and territories, from 1779 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper — JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeActitis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 397,404
Spain 256,469
India 255,070
Norway 208,117
Taiwan 178,255
France 165,683
Netherlands 163,753
United Kingdom 150,529
Denmark 147,261
Portugal 97,513
Belgium 76,146
Finland 61,208
Australia 58,059
South Africa 48,287
Germany 38,502
Israel 31,430
Japan 27,818
Russia 23,359
United Arab Emirates 23,128
Thailand 21,646
Poland 21,001
Italy 20,355
Kenya 19,021
China 16,434
Hong Kong 14,129
Estonia 13,649
Singapore 12,874
Malaysia 12,806
Türkiye 12,258
Austria 11,275
Philippines 10,948
Indonesia 10,932
Greece 10,803
Sri Lanka 10,419
Czechia 9,741
Oman 9,380
South Korea 7,694
Tanzania 7,240
Uganda 6,714
Morocco 6,206

Showing the top 40 of 181 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.