Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
French: Bécasseau minute
German: Zwergstrandläufer
Spanish: Correlimos Menudo
Other common names: Lesser Stint
Taxonomy: Tringa minuta Leisler, 1812, Hanau am Main, Germany.
Formerly placed in genus Erolia. May form superspecies with C. ruficollis. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Scandinavia through S Novaya Zemlya and NW & NC Siberia to New Siberian Is and R Yana. Winters from Mediterranean and Africa through Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf E to Indian Subcontinent and Myanmar; small numbers in SE Britain and Madagascar.
- Least Concern
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Close-up of an adult coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 5 July 2008 1 year ago 1 min 4.7 -
An adult trying to lure the observer from the nest in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 1 year ago 1 min 3 sec 4.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage bathing and preening in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 1 year ago 1 min 4 sec 4.5 -
Several shots of an adult coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2008 1 year ago 53 sec 4.3 -
An adult coming back to the nest in the tundra to warm a chick just born Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 19 July 2008 1 year ago 38 sec 4.3 -
Two in winter plumage birds preening Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 26 May 2006 2 years ago 20 sec 4.3
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Feeding in muddy water Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
luckyjon 14 March 2010 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.2 -
Head Shot Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
luckyjon 14 March 2010 3 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.2 -
Calidris minuta Salinas de Marchamalo, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 26 October 2008 11 weeks ago 4 -
Bécasseau minuteZwergstrandläuferCH 2007-09-17 Switzerland
jibe 17 September 2007 23 weeks ago 4 -
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A just born chick Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 8 July 2006 1 year ago 3.5 -
a bird with a mirror image in the water Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 10 weeks ago 3
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Adult trying to lure the observer from the nest Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 10 weeks ago 2
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