The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos # Local name Man Do Marmèr (Sansundi). Range Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor, Yapen. Status Palearctic migrant. Common Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . Regular in small numbers in most coastal habitats on Biak and Supiori. 20 January 1954 : Hoogerheide collected one at mudflats near Jediboer on the south coast; 14 February 1954 : a second specimen from Mokmer, also on the south coast ( Junge 1956 ); 13 January 1994 : five on Owi (P. Gregory in litt . 2000).