Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Birds (Aves)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Actitis
Species: Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
The most numerous breeding shorebird in Norway. Common near all kinds of moving freshwater and lakes.
Norwegian name: Strandsnipe