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    Actitis is a small genus of waders, comprising just two very similar bird species. The genus Actitis was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann...
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    sandpiper in the genus Actitis that was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. The genus name Actitis is from Ancient Greek...
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    sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), it makes up the genus Actitis. They...
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    included but traditionally excluded taxa Xenus Tringa Scolopax Prosobonia Phalaropus Numenius Limosa Limnodromus Calidris Bartramia Arenaria Actitis...
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    Genera Bartramia Numenius Limosa Arenaria Prosobonia Calidris Limnodromus Scolopax Coenocorypha Lymnocryptes Gallinago Xenus Phalaropus Actitis Tringa...
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    †Oligonomus Pedionomus Rostratulidae Nycticryphes Rostratula Scolopacidae Actitis Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Coenocorypha †Elorius Gallinago Limnocryptes...
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    Scolopacidae. Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are...
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    fulicarius) Red-necked phalarope (P. lobatus) Wilson's phalarope (P. tricolor) Actitis Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa...
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    †Oligonomus Pedionomus Rostratulidae Nycticryphes Rostratula Scolopacidae Actitis Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Coenocorypha †Elorius Gallinago Limnocryptes...
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    fulicarius) Red-necked phalarope (P. lobatus) Wilson's phalarope (P. tricolor) Actitis Common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos) Spotted sandpiper (A. macularia) Tringa...
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