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Actitis hypoleucos |
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Actitis hypoleucos |
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Chevalier guignette |
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Common Sandpiper |
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| Kayoyo (Kiluba-PNU) ; kakuwa, tshiontshio, tshiontshio tshia tshibakala (Tshiluba); sandpiper = kapiyipiyi (Lunda) ; Kibemba : katombamatipa (Kibemba) ; lupupila (Kiluba) | |
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Distinguished from the Wood Sandpiper, which is also very common, by the lack of pale spotting on the upperparts.
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Very common in Katanga. However, no nidification has ever been observed here. Seen along almost all the streams. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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