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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Mexico The Mexican Republic Aguascalientes Baja California Guadalupe Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Revillagigedos Revillagigedos Ciudad de México Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Tres Marías Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo Cozumel San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas
Subspecies
Monotypic: Breeds North America; winters to s South America
Endemic status Not endemic
Birds (media) Yes
Sound Guide
Comment (added 2020-10-17)
Adult prebasic molt happens on the winter ground, juveniles molt progressively during migration and continue on the winter ground. By April they replace the last juvenile feathers, the two outer primaries.

By late autumn birds are difficult to age by normal field observation.
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