Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Sandpiper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesActitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
FamilySCOLOPACIDAE (sandpipers, curlews, godwits, stints, woodcocks etc.)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Abrahams, C. 2005 The ecology and management of drawdown zones British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 395-402.

Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)
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