Little Stint

Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)

Little Stint, Calidris minuta, breeds across the high to low Arctic of the Palearctic, from far northern Scandinavia and the White Sea coast through northern Russia to the New Siberian Islands. Outside the breeding season it occurs in eastern Palearctic, Africa, India, southern Europe, the Mediterranean, western Madagascar, the Middle East and central to southern Asia, using coastal and inland mudflats and marshes. It is a very small wader with a fine dark bill, dark legs and brisk movement. It can be told from other dark-legged stints by its fine bill tip, unwebbed toes and long primary projection.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: high to low Arctic drier tundra of n Palearctic: far n Scandinavia, White Sea coast, s Novaya Zemlya, through n Russia to New Siberian Is. (ec Siberia)

Nonbreeding range

e PAL, AF, India : coastal and inland mudflats and marshes, s Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, w Madagascar, Middle East, c to s Asia