Little Stint
Calidris minuta

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– very small wader, sparrow-sized
– nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in very small flocks

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF418_MPU_I1Q3118_150104_litstint_eth_lake_chamo
Little Stint Calidris minuta
BIF0418, 04/01/2015, Lake Chamo, Ethiopia, Mathias Putze

BIF419_MPU_I1Q3119_150104_litstint_eth_lake_chamo
Little Stint Calidris minuta
BIF0419, 04/01/2015, Lake Chamo, Ethiopia, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– single, short upslur like ‘twitt’ or ‘titt’

BIF420-3_PFR10302_2-00_090611_lstint-FC_d_sh_h-h-koog_REF-S
Little Stint Calidris minuta
BIF0420, 11/06/2009, Hauke-Haien-Koog, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Broad-billed Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Purple Sandpiper

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