Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): American Stint, Least Stint
Old scientific name(s): Erolia minutilla

Photographs

Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 27, 2005 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  East Fork State Park, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - Aug 31, 2005 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 27, 2005 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull 
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Range

N. North America;
W. Alaska from the Kobuk River to Canada (n. Yukon, n. Mackenzie, s. Keewatin, Southampton Is., n. Quebec, n. Labrador s. to Unalaska Is. in the e. Aleutians, sc. and se. Alaska and the Alaskan Peninsula, nw. British Columbia and n. Saskatchewan to Quebec (Anticosti Is. and the Magdalen Is.), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland) and ne. United States (Monomoy Is. off Cape Cod, Massachusetts).
Winters s. from s. United States (Massachusetts on Monomoy Is.), Central America, West Indies, Galapagos and Hawaiian Is. and South America (Brazil, Bahia) s. to n. Chile and ce. Brazil.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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