Bird

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes

Best monthsMay · Jul–Augmost records

Records2,753,760in 154 countries

Most seen inSweden400,460 records

Red ListLeast concernIUCN status

About

Common Sandpiper in brief

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.

Across the 154 countries we cover it has 2,753,760 published records, most of them from Sweden, Spain and India. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, July and August and fall to their lowest in February and March.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

Sweden400,460 records · best May, Jul

Spain256,908 records · best Sep, Aug

India255,213 records · best Jan, Feb

Norway210,630 records · best May, Jul

Taiwan179,202 records · best Dec, Jan

Netherlands168,095 records · best May, Aug

France166,301 records · best Aug, May

United Kingdom156,931 records · best Aug, Jul

Denmark149,664 records · best Aug, Jul

Portugal91,960 records · best Sep, Oct

Belgium76,034 records · best May, Aug

Finland55,730 records · best May, Jun

South Africa48,572 records · best Nov, Jan

Germany38,719 records · best Aug, May

Israel31,440 records · best Apr, Aug

Japan27,966 records · best Sep, Jan

Russia23,787 records · best May, Jun

United Arab Emirates23,148 records · best Jan, Oct

Thailand21,762 records · best Jan, Feb

Poland21,082 records · best Aug, Jul

Italy20,457 records · best Jan, Dec

Kenya19,122 records · best Nov, Oct

China16,710 records · best May, Apr

Estonia13,872 records · best May, Aug

Singapore12,971 records · best Sep, Jan

Malaysia12,869 records · best Oct, Mar

Türkiye12,270 records · best Apr, Aug

Austria11,363 records · best Aug, May

Philippines11,163 records · best Nov, Jan

Indonesia11,158 records · best Oct, Sep

Greece10,740 records · best Apr, May

Sri Lanka10,445 records · best Dec, Feb

Czechia9,760 records · best Aug, Sep

Oman9,387 records · best Nov, Feb

South Korea8,511 records · best May, Sep

Tanzania7,353 records · best Oct, Feb

Uganda6,728 records · best Jan, Dec

Morocco6,232 records · best Apr, Mar

Nepal5,888 records · best Dec, Nov

Gambia5,823 records · best Nov, Jan

Switzerland5,621 records · best Aug, Sep

Ireland5,100 records · best Jul, Aug

Namibia4,938 records · best Nov, Oct

Senegal4,464 records · best Jan, Feb

Botswana4,159 records · best Nov, Sep

Croatia3,987 records · best Aug, Sep

Zimbabwe3,899 records · best Oct, Nov

Ethiopia3,730 records · best Nov, Dec

Iran3,440 records · best Apr, Jan

Zambia3,390 records · best Oct, Nov

Hungary3,261 records · best Aug, Jul

Ukraine3,125 records · best Aug, Jul

Cyprus3,117 records · best Apr, Aug

Ghana3,105 records · best Nov, Mar

Georgia2,862 records · best May, Apr

Bulgaria2,753 records · best Apr, Aug

Bangladesh2,600 records · best Dec, Oct

Slovenia2,588 records · best Aug, Apr

Madagascar2,587 records · best Nov, Oct

Mongolia2,420 records · best May, Aug

Egypt2,369 records · best Apr, Dec

Cambodia2,315 records · best Feb, Mar

Bhutan2,150 records · best Apr, Nov

Saudi Arabia2,123 records · best Mar, Oct

Serbia2,045 records · best Aug, Apr

Vietnam1,994 records · best Dec, Jan

Slovakia1,729 records · best Aug, Apr

Papua New Guinea1,728 records · best Aug, Sep

Romania1,720 records · best Aug, Jul

Kuwait1,660 records · best Apr, Mar

Mozambique1,551 records · best Nov, Oct

Belarus1,547 records · best Aug, May

Kazakhstan1,496 records · best May, Apr

Palau1,373 records · best Oct, Apr

Nigeria1,370 records · best Dec, Jan

Rwanda1,366 records · best Dec, Oct

Pakistan1,204 records · best Oct, Dec

East Timor1,169 records · best Oct, Nov

Lithuania1,155 records · best May, Aug

Democratic Republic of the Congo1,067 records · best Oct, Nov

Malawi1,014 records · best Nov, Oct

Myanmar956 records · best Jan, Dec

Qatar914 records · best Dec, Feb

Eswatini864 records · best Jan, Nov

Latvia863 records · best May, Aug

Cape Verde848 records · best Apr, Mar

Kyrgyzstan816 records · best Jul, Aug

Luxembourg811 records · best Aug, Jul

Laos775 records · best Sep, Nov

Malta765 records · best Apr, Mar

Algeria610 records · best Sep, Aug

Cameroon605 records · best Mar, Jan

Tunisia573 records · best Apr, Dec

Maldives539 records · best Mar, Nov

Albania519 records · best Apr, Jul

Guinea-Bissau488 records · best Nov, Feb

Azerbaijan485 records · best Apr, May

Gabon473 records · best Sep, Aug

Benin468 records · best Jan, Feb

Jordan458 records · best Apr, Sep

Ivory Coast453 records · best Sep, Mar

Moldova436 records · best Aug, Jul

Djibouti422 records · best Sep, Oct

Montenegro398 records · best Apr, Aug

Angola379 records · best Sep, Oct

Armenia371 records · best May, Apr

São Tomé and Príncipe363 records · best Jan, Feb

Liberia318 records · best Jan, Feb

Uzbekistan310 records · best May, Apr

Tajikistan309 records · best May, Apr

Yemen294 records · best Feb, Oct

Seychelles291 records · best Nov, Oct

Solomon Islands266 records · best Oct, Nov

Lebanon264 records · best Apr, Aug

Brunei261 records · best Nov, Oct

Palestine253 records · best Aug, Oct

Mauritania252 records · best Jan, Dec

Bahrain251 records · best Nov, Apr

Equatorial Guinea249 records · best Jan, Feb

Iraq233 records · best Apr, May

Republic of the Congo232 records · best Nov, Dec

Guinea211 records · best Jan, Nov

Togo187 records · best Nov, Mar

North Macedonia184 records · best Apr, Aug

Sierra Leone183 records · best Dec, Jan

Sudan181 records · best Jan, Oct

Bosnia and Herzegovina150 records · best Aug, Apr

Burkina Faso150 records · best Mar, Jan

Afghanistan143 records · best Apr, May

Mauritius114 records · best Nov, Dec

Libya107 records · best Apr, May

Chad107 records · best Feb, Mar

Mali102 records · best Jan, Oct

Kosovo100 records · best Apr, Jul

Somalia90 records · best Jan, Nov

Niger76 records · best Feb, Dec

Central African Republic68 records · best Mar, Dec

Burundi64 records · best Oct, Sep

Eritrea51 records · best Feb, Oct

Comoros47 records · best Nov, Aug

Micronesia46 records · best Nov, Apr

South Sudan42 records · best Mar, Nov

North Korea41 records · best Apr, May

Syria38 records · best Apr, Mar

New Zealand33 records · best Nov, Dec

Turkmenistan25 records · best May, Jul

Lesotho24 records · best Dec, Nov

Andorra17 records · best May, Apr

Vanuatu14 records · best Nov, Oct

Samoa7 records · best Mar, Feb

Liechtenstein2 records · best Oct, Jan

Barbados2 records · best Nov, Dec

Kiribati1 records · best Jan, Feb

Marshall Islands1 records · best Nov, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.