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    (c) Данилова Валерия, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Imran Shah, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Imran Shah, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Ximo Galarza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Imran Shah, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Little Stint

Calidris minuta

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About

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.

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