Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta) - HBW 3, p. 521
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 Enlarge map
-
A bird feeding by probing technique. Locality Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 2 April 2010 3 years ago 28 sec 3.5 -
Three adults in breeding plumage feeding in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 June 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 3.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage pecking small insects on ice in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 14 July 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage foraging along a small river in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 June 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 3.5 -
An individual feeding on the water. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 3.3 -
Two birds feeding in the water Locality Kalloni Saltworks, Kalloni, Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece (Monotypic species)
Christian Dortu 4 May 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 3.3
-
Wading
Locality Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 2 September 2012 39 weeks ago 3 -
a bird with a mirror image in the water
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A group of migrant brids foraging on a pond. All birds in breeding plumage.
Locality Kendirli (Fetisovo) village, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 20 May 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird standing on wrack
Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 September 1999 4 years ago 3 -
A bird in breeding plumage foraging in the tundra
Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 26 June 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A group of birds foraging in mud
Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 April 1998 4 years ago 2.7
-
Adult trying to lure the observer from the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 3 years ago 2
Email this page