Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - HBW 3, p. 522
French: Bécasseau minuscule
German: Wiesenstrandläufer
Spanish: Correlimos Menudillo
Other common names: American/Least Stint
Taxonomy: Tringa minutilla Vieillot, 1819, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Formerly placed in genus Erolia. Forms superspecies with C. subminuta, with which in past considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Alaska through NW & NC Canada to Quebec, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Winters from S USA through Central America and West Indies to N Chile and CE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile preening after bathing. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 18 September 2011 20 weeks ago 30 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird moulting into alternate plumage, foraging on a muddy bank of a fresh water lagoon and doing a wing stretch Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2001 4 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
Flock foraging in mangrove wetland Locality Caye Caulker, Belize
Wayne Hall 5 March 2009 2 years ago 1 min 13 sec 4.4 -
A spring adult foraging and then becoming alert by the alarm calls of an American Avocet, then resumes foraging with others of t Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 14 April 2010 1 year ago 56 sec 4.2 -
An adult in basic plumage foraging in a fresh water lagoon Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging on a muddy bank in a brackish swamp. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 25 weeks ago 36 sec 4
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Adult bird perched on a stone at sea's edge.
Locality Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 4 February 2006 20 weeks ago 4.5 -
On rocky shore
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 16 May 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 3 September 2011 9 weeks ago 4.3 -
A non-breeding adult resting on an old railroad tie
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 27 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
An adult in non-breeding plumage
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 21 October 2011 9 weeks ago 4.2 -
Wading in shallow water.
Locality West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 13 September 2009 1 year ago 4.2
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