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Non-breeding and breeding plumage
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Grgaon, Haryana, India, 2015-16

Calidris temminckii

Identification

13.5-15cm (5¼-6 in)

Yellow legs
White outer tail feathers
Plain brown upperparts and head
White underparts, darker breast
Tail projects just beyound wing tip
Slightly de-curved bill

Photo © by the late Jim Wood
East Lothian, Scotland, May 2007

Breeding adult has brighter rufous mantle feathers

Similar Species

Little Stint has grey outer tail feathers.

Distribution

Northern Palearctic; winters to Africa, India, Indonesia and Philippines.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Freshwater marshes, pools and lakes, creeks, lagoons in estuaries and margins of salt pans.

Behaviour

Breeding

Photo © by Mugil
Secovlje Salina, Slovenia, May 2003

The nest is a lined scrape in low vegetation or willow scrub; the clutch consists of 3-4 eggs.

Males hold a small territory mating with a female who lays a clutch of eggs, before moving on to another territory where she mates again a lays a second clutch which she incubates. The first male may mate with another female, who lays her second clutch on his territory. The male incubates the first female's clutch.

Diet

The diet includes insects, larvae, worms, crustaceans and molluscs, foraged in muddy vegetated areas.

Vocalisation

Call: a short tirr.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Answers.com
Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Temminck's Stint. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Temminck%27s_Stint

External Links

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+[[Image:temmincks_stint_alok.jpg|thumb|600px|right|Non-breeding and breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Grgaon, Haryana, [[India]], 2015-16]]
 ;[[:Category:Calidris|Calidris]] temminckii
-[[Image:Temmincks_Stint.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mugil<br />Photo taken: Slovenia.]]
 ==Identification==
-.5-15cm.  Yellow legs, white outer tail feathers, plain brown upperparts and head, white underparts, darker breast. The breeding adult has brighter rufous mantle feathers.
+.5-15cm (5¼-6 in)<br />
+*Yellow legs
+*White outer tail feathers
+*Plain brown upperparts and head
+*White underparts, darker breast
+*Tail projects just beyound wing tip
+*Slightly de-curved bill
+[[Image:Temmincks Stint Seafield Pond 5 163.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />East Lothian, [[Scotland]], May 2007 ]]
+'''Breeding adult''' has brighter rufous mantle feathers
+====Similar Species====
+[[Little Stint]] has grey outer tail feathers.
+==Distribution==
+Northern [[Palearctic]]; winters to [[Africa]],  [[India]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Philippines]].
-==Distribution==
-Northern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Breeds in southern [[Scandinavia]] and occasionally [[Scotland]]. Strongly migratory, wintering at freshwater sites in tropical [[Africa]] and south [[Asia]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
-Freshwater marshes, pools and lakes, creeks and lagoons in estuaries.
+Freshwater marshes, pools and lakes, creeks, lagoons in estuaries and margins of salt pans.
 ==Behaviour==
-It nests in a scrape on the ground, laying 3-4 eggs.  Males establish small territories and mate with a female who lays a first clutch of eggs. She then moves to a second territory and mate, and lays a second clutch that she incubates herself. At the same time, her first male may mate with an incoming second female, who lays her second clutch on his territory. The male thereafter incubates his first mate's first clutch alone.
+====Breeding====
+[[Image:Temmincks_Stint.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Mugil|Mugil}}<br />Secovlje Salina, [[Slovenia]], May 2003]]
+The nest is a lined scrape in low vegetation or willow scrub; the clutch consists of 3-4 eggs.
-They forage in soft mud with some vegetation.  The diet includes insects, larvae, worms, crustaceans and molluscs.
+Males hold a small territory mating with a female who lays a clutch of eggs, before moving on to another territory where she mates again a lays a second clutch which she incubates. The first male may mate with another female, who lays her second clutch on his territory. The male incubates the first female's  clutch.
-==Bird Song==
+====Diet====
-<flashmp3>Calidris temminckii (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
+The diet includes insects, larvae, worms, crustaceans and molluscs, foraged in muddy vegetated areas.
-''[[Media:Calidris temminckii (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
+====Vocalisation====
+'''Call''': a short ''tirr''.
+{{ Audio|Calidris temminckii (song).mp3 }}
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Answers.com
+#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
+{{ref}}
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