Birds Around Me

Common Sandpiper सामान्य तुतारी, टुटवार, जलरंक, सामान्य बटन (Actitis hypoleucos) is one of the large group of bare-legged, slender-billed marsh and waterside birds collectively known as 'snippets' in popular language. It is about the size of a quail, greyish olive-brown above, white below, with the sides of the breast pale dusky and a few dark streaks on the foreneck. In flight brown rump and brown tail (except the white outer feathers), and a white wing-bar distinguish it from the equally common Wood or Spotted Sandpiper.   Common Sandpiper सामान्य तुतारी, टुटवार, जलरंक, सामान्य बटन (Actitis hypoleucos)  Jabalpur, Dec 2025 In India, the Common Sandpiper सामान्य तुतारी, टुटवार, जलरंक, सामान्य बटन (Actitis hypoleucos) is one of earliest migrants and among the last to leave for its northern breeding grounds. Some non-breeding individuals stay behind n the plains all the year. Unlike the Wood Sandpiper this species seldom collects in flocks. Single birds are usually see...