Little Stint

Calidris minuta

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.

Scientific name

Calidris minuta

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Green