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Common Name

Little Stint

Alternate Names

Common Type

Stint

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Calidris

Species

minuta

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Botswana,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in tudra, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in arctic Europe and Asia; winters to Africa and Indian subcontinent

Food

Small invertebrates picked off the mud

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Field Notes:

The population of this species depends upon the population of lemmings. When lemmings are few, predatory species such as skuas and snowy owls will take the Arctic breeding waders instead.

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