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| − | [[Image:Little_Stint.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by nigelblake<br/>Location: Titchwell, Norfolk, UK]] | + | [[Image:Little_Stint.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|nigelblake|nigelblake}}<br />Location: [[Titchwell Marsh|Titchwell]], [[Norfolk]], [[UK]]]] |
;[[:Category:Calidris|Calidris]] minuta | ;[[:Category:Calidris|Calidris]] minuta | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black | + | 12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black |
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| + | Sexes are similar. | ||
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | [[Dunlin]] which has a down-curved bill | ||
| + | [[Image:3294littlestint200906g.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}<br />Mixed flock of [[Dunlin]] and little stint. [[Titchwell Marsh|Titchwell]], [[Norfolk]], [[UK]]]] | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Breeds in far northern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Winters in [[Africa]] and [[ | + | '''Breeds''' in far northern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Winters in [[Africa]] and South [[Asia]]. |
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| + | Casual '''vagrant''' to north eastern [[United States]] and also to [[Australia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries. | Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
It nests on a bare ground scrape laying 3-5 eggs. Male and female may incubate separate clutches. | It nests on a bare ground scrape laying 3-5 eggs. Male and female may incubate separate clutches. | ||
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Diet includes small invertebrates picked off the mud. | Diet includes small invertebrates picked off the mud. | ||
| − | + | ====Vocalisation==== | |
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<flashmp3>Calidris minuta (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Calidris minuta (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Calidris minuta (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Calidris minuta (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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{{Video|Little_Stint}} | {{Video|Little_Stint}} | ||
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Revision as of 11:42, 18 March 2009
- Calidris minuta
Identification
12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black
Sexes are similar.
Similar Species
Dunlin which has a down-curved bill
Distribution
Breeds in far northern Europe and Asia. Winters in Africa and South Asia.
Casual vagrant to north eastern United States and also to Australia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries.
Behaviour
Breeding
It nests on a bare ground scrape laying 3-5 eggs. Male and female may incubate separate clutches.
Diet
Diet includes small invertebrates picked off the mud.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Calidris minuta (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
External Links
