Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
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
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An adult bird moulting into alternate plumage, foraging on a muddy bank of a fresh water lagoon and doing a wing stretch Ventura County, California, USA
Don DesJardin 31 March 2001 2 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
An adult molting into alternate plumage foraging in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA
Don DesJardin 31 March 2001 2 years ago 21 sec 4.6 -
An adult in basic plumage foraging in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
Flock foraging in mangrove wetland Caye Caulker, Belize
Wayne Hall 5 March 2009 25 weeks ago 1 min 13 sec 4 -
A single bird in winter (basic) plumage standing in a shallow freshwater pool preening. Ventura County, California, USA
Don DesJardin 20 December 2008 1 year ago 29 sec 4 -
A small group at the edge of a small freshwater pool preening. Ventura County, California, USA
Don DesJardin 20 November 2008 1 year ago 35 sec 4
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Walking bird seen from above Bahamas
Mikko Pyhälä 31 January 2010 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
Bird walking in shallow water Albufera de Medio Mundo, Lima, Peru
Nature Expeditions... 1 January 2009 25 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on a sand dune Albufera de Medio Mundo, Lima, Peru
Nature Expeditions... 1 January 2009 25 weeks ago 4 -
Part of a group of 50 birds. They were eating in the flooded land. Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
kperezleon 23 February 2009 43 weeks ago 4 -
Birds on a wall Albufera de Medio Mundo, Lima, Peru
Nature Expeditions... 1 January 2009 25 weeks ago 3 -
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A flock of birds eating in the beach. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, British Columbia, Canada
Juanjo Ramos 8 August 2008 46 weeks ago 2.3
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