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Little Stint Calidris minuta [Leisler, 1812]
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Breeding & Survival
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
LX , LITST
EURING No:
5010
Number in Britain:
770 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
13 cm
Wingspan:
36 cm
Weight:
M/F: 24 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and L.: minutus =small
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: Africa, India
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration mudflats
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates, off the surface
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
770 individuals
First Record:
1776
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
500 to 5 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
29 x 21 mm
Egg Weight:
6.3 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
20 - 25 days
by the:
Male (occ. Female)
Fledging:
15 - 21 days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
31
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
3yr11m
(France: 12yr 0m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
A2 or B2o
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
99.0 ± 3.4
94 - 105 mm, N =99
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
23.89 ± 5.41
18.00 - 37.00 g , N =96
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Luatharan-beag
Welsh:
Pibydd Bach
Danish:
Dværgryle
Dutch:
Kleine strandloper
Finnish:
Pikkusirri
French:
Bécasseau minute
German:
Zwergstrandläufer
Hungarian:
Apró partfutó
Icelandic:
Veimiltíta
Irish:
Gobadáinín Beag
Italian:
Gambecchio
Norwegian:
Dvergsnipe
Polish:
Biegus malutki
Portuguese:
Pilrito-pequeno
Spanish:
Correlimos menudo
Swedish:
Småsnäppa
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