Species Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Sandpiper

Tringa hypoleucos Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [149].
Tringoides hypoleucus Sharpe, R.B. 1896. Catalogue of the Limicolae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 24 xii + 794 pp. [456] [unjustified emendation of the epithet hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758].
Tringa aurita Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. [lxvi].
Actitis empusa Gould, J. 1848. Descriptions of some new species of Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847(15): 220-222 [Date published 29 Mar 1848] [222].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 11289 ♂, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal, littoral, mangrove, rock reef, saltfield, tidal sandbar.

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Common Sandpiper)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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