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Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
EP , LEASA
EURING No:
5040
Number in Britain:
1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
12 cm
Wingspan:
34 cm
Weight:
M/F: 26 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and L.: minutalis =insignificant
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Alaska, n Canada, WINTERS: s US to c South America
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration coastal, wet meadows
Diet:
Small crustaceans and snails, terrestrial insects, esp. flies (Diptera)
TitBit:
The Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird in the world and, appropriately, unlike it close relatives, forms flocks of dozens rather than thousands
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Cornwall, 1853
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
25
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Clyde
(1965),
Northeast
(1988),
Shetland
(1955),
North-east England:
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
Derbyshire
,
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
,
Devon
,
Wales:
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Pibydd Lleiaf
Danish:
Amerikansk dværgryle
Dutch:
Amerikaanse Kleine Strandloper
Finnish:
Amerikansirri
French:
Bécasseau miniscule
German:
Wiesenstrandlaüfer
Hungarian:
Törpe partfutó
Icelandic:
Mæretíta
Irish:
Godadáinín Bídeach
Italian:
Gambecchio americano
Norwegian:
Pygmésnipe
Polish:
Biegus karlowaty
Portuguese:
Pilrito-minúsculo
Spanish:
Playerito menudo
Swedish:
Dvärgsnäppa
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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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