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Common Name

Least Sandpiper

Alternate Names

Common Type

Sandpiper

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Calidris

Species

minutilla

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

KS

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in tudra, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in norther North America; winters to southern South America and Hawaii

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and jabbing for insects, mollusks and small crustaceans.

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