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Actitis macularia
Spotted Sandpiper
Rocky Mountain National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Actitis macularia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Spotted Sandpiper
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Charadriiformes, Family Scolopacidae, Genus Actitis, Species Actitis macularia


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		94 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Denali National Park and Preserve
Devils Postpile National Monument	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Fire Island National Seashore
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Washington Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Monocacy National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
National Capital Parks-East	National Mall and Memorial Parks
Navajo National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Noatak National Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pecos National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Voyageurs National Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Yellowstone National Park	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve


Last Modified Date:	1/7/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/18/2025 7:52:05 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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