Snipes, Sandpipers 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.
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A juvenile preening after bathing. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 18 September 2011 1 year 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 5 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
Two first non-breeding individuals foraging among salt marsh pickleweed in expose mud. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 27 September 2012 33 weeks ago 50 sec 4.5 -
Flock foraging in mangrove wetland Locality Caye Caulker, Belize
Wayne Hall 5 March 2009 3 years ago 1 min 13 sec 4.4 -
A spring adult preening on the beach at low tide. Locality Ventura River Mouth, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 3 April 2013 6 weeks ago 27 sec 4.3 -
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 3 years ago 56 sec 4.2
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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 1 year ago 4.5 -
On rocky shore
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 16 May 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
on the coast
Locality San Andrés Island, San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 7 April 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult in breeding plumage
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States)
AndrewSmith 3 September 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A juvenile standing on a rock.
Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 5 September 2011 12 weeks ago 4.3 -
Bird photographed along Manistee South Pier
Locality Manistee County, Michigan, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 31 August 2012 37 weeks ago 4.3
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Adult bird alarming in breeding habitat. Locality Paxson Lake, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Marc de Bont 15 July 2008 15 weeks ago 4
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