---
title: "Maçarico-maculado"
description: "Actitis macularius — Aves. The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spotted-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maçarico-maculado

> Actitis macularius — Aves. The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird.

- Scientific name: *Actitis macularius*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 89507
- Wikidata: [Q389691](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389691)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72458](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72458)

## Names

- en: Spotted Sandpiper
- de: Drosseluferläufer
- es: Playero alzacolita
- fr: Chevalier grivelé
- pt: Maçarico-maculado
- pl: Brodziec plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

US (46084), CA (13827), MX (13540), CR (2857), PA (1002), BR (889), CO (807), EC (645), PE (563), HN (363), NI (321), BZ (311)

## Summary

The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), it makes up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with breeders of the other species and hybridize.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_sandpiper

## Photo

![Maçarico-maculado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kathlin Simpkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80133181

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-sandpiper?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).