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Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta


The Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), called Småsnäppa in Skåne, is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minuta is Latin for "small.

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Description
Its small size, fine dark bill, dark legs and quicker movements distinguish this species from all waders except the other dark-legged stints. It can be distinguished from these in all plumages by its combination of a fine bill tip, unwebbed toes and long primary projection. The call is a sharp "stit".

The breeding adult has an orange wash to the breast, a white throat and a strong white V on its back. In winter plumage identification is difficult. Juveniles have pale crown stripes and a pinkish breast.

An apparent hybrid between this species and Temminck's Stint has been reported from the Netherlands

Length: 14 cm
Wingspan: 28-31 cm
Weight: 20-40 g
Longevity: 9 Years
Distinctive Feature
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Similar Species
• Red-necked Stint
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Western Sandpiper
• Dunlin


Food
Food is small invertebrates picked off the mud.



Listen to the Little Stint


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Population dynamics
The numbers of this species (and of curlew sandpiper) depend on the population of lemmings. In poor lemming years, predatory species such as skuas and snowy owls take Arctic-breeding waders instead.

It is gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks with other Calidris waders, particularly dunlin, on coastal mudflats or the edges of inland pools.

The little stint is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
By Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
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Nesting
This bird nests on a scrape in bare ground, laying 3–5 eggs. It is polygamous, and male and female may incubate separate clutches.

Conservation status
Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 26 November 2018
Location: Al Ansab Wetland, Muscat, Oman


Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Ansab Wetland, Muscat, Oman - 26 November 2018

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Ansab Wetland, Muscat, Oman - 26 November 2018

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Ansab Wetland, Muscat, Oman - 26 November 2018

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Ansab Wetland, Muscat, Oman - 26 November 2018

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Qudra Lake, Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E - 30 November 2018

Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
Little Stint - Al Qudra Lake, Saih al Salam Desert Reserve, Dubai, U.A.E - 30 November 2018



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