BirdUp · Species
Little Stint
Calidris minuta(Leisler, 1812)
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- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
At a glance
The Little Stint, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Vagrant
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The little stint is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minuta is Latin for "small.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Little Stint?
The Little Stint is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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