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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 nigelblake<br/>Location: Titchwell, Norfolk, UK]] | ||
==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. Sexes are similar. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Norway]]] and [[Russia]] | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | 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. | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
Revision as of 12:55, 11 October 2007
- 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.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries.
Behaviour
It nests on a bare ground scrape laying 3-5 eggs. Male and female may incubate separate clutches.
Diet includes small invertebrates picked off the mud.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Calidris minuta (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
