Back Kleinstrandloper Afrikaans دريجة صغيرة Arabic دريجه صغيره ARZ Calidris minuta AST Sərçəvi qumluqca Azerbaijani Кулік-верабей Byelorussian Малък брегобегач Bulgarian Sourouc'han bihan Breton Territ menut comú Catalan Calidris minuta CEB
| Little stint | |
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| Non-breeding adult in Egypt | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. minuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
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| Range of C. minuta Breeding Passage Non-breeding Vagrant (seasonality uncertain)
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| Synonyms | |
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Erolia minuta | |
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.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Calidris minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 84, 256. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.