Little Stint
Calidris minuta(Leisler, JPA, 1812)
English (US) Little Stint
The Little Stint (Calidris minuta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds drier tundra from northern Scandinavia eastward through northern Russia to New Siberian Islands (east-central Siberia); winters mudflats and marshes from southern Europe and Africa eastward to southern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris minuta
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Stint
- Described by
- (Leisler, JPA, 1812)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa minuta
- Described by
- (Leisler, JPA, 1812)
- Type locality
- Hanau am Main, Germany.
- Original description
- Nachträge zu Bechsteins Naturgeschichte Deutschlands pt1 p.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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