Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
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About Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Pelicans
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
The little stint is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minuta is Latin for "small.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2006-01-10
Kheoladeo National Park, India -
2011-01-15
Abiata-Shala National Park, Ethiopia -
2011-01-15
Lake Ziway, Ethiopia -
2013-10-24
Nairobi National Park, Kenya -
2013-10-25
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya -
2013-11-01
Kalokol, Kenya -
2013-11-03
Sibiloi National Park, Kenya -
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2017-01-08
Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda -
2017-01-13
Mabamba Swamp, Uganda -
2017-01-15
Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates -
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