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Actitis hypoleucos
| Family Name: | Scolopacidae |
| Taxonomic Group: | Vertebrates (Bird) |
| Common Name: | Common Sandpiper, Burung Kedidi Pasir |
Name
Description
| Size | 20 cm |
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| Description | Distinguished by habits of bobbing head up and down while walking, and flicking wings in flight. Upperparts dark grey-brown with narrow shaft-streaks crossed by black barring. Legs yellowish-brown. |
Ecology, Habitat & Location
| Habitats | Mangroves, Mudflats |
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| Distribution | The East Asian-Australasian population breeds in Central Asia, Central & East Siberia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and NE Asia; winters in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia. While birds breeds from Northwest Europe to Siberia winters in Africa, Middle East and South Asia. A very common winter visitor and passage migrant to Singapore and Sungei Buloh. It is one of the most common birds found in Sungei Buloh between Aug and Apr. First arrivals from the southward migration arrive as early as Jul. |
| Nature Reserves | Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve |
| Nature Areas | Kranji Nature Trail, Pulau Ubin |