Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Least Sandpiper
The Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 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 tundra and taiga wetlands from eastern Aleutian Is through Alaska and Canada eastward to Labrador and Nova Scotia; winters mudflats and wetlands from southeastern USA, Caribbean, and Mexico southward to northern South AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris minutilla
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Least Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa minutilla
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- 'Amérique jusq'au dela du Canada': restricted type locality, Halifax, Nova Scotia, apud A. O. U. Check-List, ed. 4, p. 120.)
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.466
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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