{"id":24605,"date":"2012-10-30T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:21","slug":"little-stint-calidris-minuta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Stint Calidris minuta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Stint, Calidris 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. It is gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks with other Calidris waders, particularly Dunlin, on coastal mudflats or the edges of inland pools.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Little Stint\u00a0<i>Calidris\u00a0minuta<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-164-24605\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9509\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-1_0.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-1_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1123\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-9.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (09)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (09)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1122\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-8.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (08)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (08)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1121\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-7.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (07)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (07)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1120\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-6.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (06)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (06)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1119\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-5.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (05)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (05)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1118\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-4.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1117\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-3.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1116\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-2.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1115\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-15.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-15.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1114\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-14.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1113\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-13.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1112\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-12.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1111\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-11.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1110\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/little-stint-calidris-minuta-10.jpg\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Little Stint (Calidris minuta) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/little-stint-calidris-minuta\/thumbs\/thumbs_little-stint-calidris-minuta-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Little Stint (Calidris minuta) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Stint, Calidris 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. It is gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks with other Calidris waders, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":837563,"parent":17620,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1672,1673,881],"class_list":["post-24605","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-calidris","tag-erolia-minuta","tag-little-stint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24605\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}