Little Stint
Calidris minuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris minuta (Little Stint)
Closest Relatives at Kafue National Park
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Little Stint in Kafue National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Little Stint sighting in Kafue National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Little Stint in Kafue National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Little Stint in Kafue National Park in our monthly data.