The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), 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.
The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), 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.
Little stint