Heather peeper
(Reguidit frae Actitis hypoleucos)
| Heather peeper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Subcless: | Neornithes |
| Infracless: | Neognathae |
| Superorder: | Neoaves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Scolopaci |
| Faimily: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Actitis |
| Species: | A. hypoleucos |
| Binomial name | |
| Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tringa hypoleucos Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Heather peeper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a smaa Palearctic wader. This bird an its American sister species, (A. macularia), mak up the genus Actitis. Thay are parapatric an replace each ether geografically; stray birds o either species mey settle doun wi breeders o the ether an hybridize. Hybridization haes been reportit atween the Heather Peeper an the Green Sandpiper, a basal species o the closely relatit shank genus Tringa.
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Actitis hypoleucos". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 16 Julie 2012. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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