Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla - Bécasseau minuscule
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Scolopacidés
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Genus:
Calidris
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Species:
minutilla
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 15 cm
- Wingspan: 26 à 29 cm.
- Weight: 20 à 33 g
Longevity
17 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Bécasseau minuscule,
- Correlimos Menudillo,
- Maçariquinho / Pilrito-anão,
- Wiesenstrandläufer,
- Törpepartfutó,
- Kleinste Strandloper,
- Gambecchio americano,
- Dvärgsnäppa,
- Pygmésnipe,
- pobrežník najmenší,
- jespák drobný,
- Amerikansk Dværgryle,
- amerikansirri,
- territ menut canadenc,
- Mærutíta,
- biegus karłowaty,
- mazais trulītis,
- pritlikavi prodnik,
- Песочник-крошка,
- アメリカヒバリシギ,
- 美洲小滨鹬,
- 姬濱鷸,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal ; Shrubland : Boreal ; Grassland : Tundra, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes
Illustration
Sources of information
- Guide des limicoles d'Europe, d'Asie et d'Amérique du Nord, D. Taylor
- Guide des oiseaux de France et d'Europe, Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P. A. D (Phill
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
Other sources of interest
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