Family: Scolopacidae

Actitis macularius;
Spotted Sandpiper;
Maçarico-pintado.

Tringa macularia LINNAEUS 1766

The species is monotypic (Hellmayr and Conover 1948).

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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
24/08/2009; Coast, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. Actitis macularius is a visitor from the North, who stays in Central and South America for wintering (Blake 1977, Sick 1997). The individual on the foto is in breeding plumage, with the molt to basic plumage still to come.

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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
24/08/2009; Coast, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.
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Figure 2.

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