Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812)

Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii, breeds across the Arctic and subarctic tundra of the Palearctic and spends the non-breeding season in Africa and the Oriental Region, reaching southern Europe, the Middle East, south and south-east Asia, Borneo, south-west Japan, Taiwan and eastern China. It is a very small wader in the sandpiper family, with a breeding range that runs from southern Scandinavia through northern Russia to the Chukotskiy Peninsula, including the New Siberian Islands. Its name honours Coenraad Jacob Temminck. It is also linked to AEWA.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: low (locally high) Arctic to subarctic tundra of n Palearctic: s to n Scandinavia e through n Russia to e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), including New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia)

Nonbreeding range

Africa, Oriental Region: coastal and inland Paleotropics from se Europe, n to c Africa, Middle East, s, se Asia to Malay Pen., Borneo, sw Japan, Taiwan and ec China