Little Stint

Calidris minuta

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
SpeciesCalidris minuta (Little Stint)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Raja Ampat

1 Verified sightings at Raja Ampat From 2019 to 2026

7,152 Verified sightings across all 72 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Little Stint

The little stint (Calidris 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.

Its small size, fine dark bill, dark legs and quicker movements distinguish this species from all waders except the other dark-legged stints. It can be distinguished from these in all plumages by its combination of a fine bill tip, unwebbed toes and long primary projection. The call is a sharp "stit".

The breeding adult has an orange wash to the breast, a white throat and a strong white V on its back. In winter plumage identification is difficult. Juveniles have pale crown stripes and a pinkish breast. An apparent hybrid between this species and Temminck's stint has been reported from the Netherlands.

The numbers of this species (and of curlew sandpiper) depend on the population of lemmings. In poor lemming years, predatory species such as skuas and... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat

Calidris tenuirostris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris ferruginea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris acuminata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris ruficollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Calidris subminuta

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Calidris alba

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Phalaropus lobatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tringa brevipes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tringa nebularia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Limosa lapponica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
2	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~30%
3	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~30%
4	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~20%
5	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~20%
6	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	~20%
7	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
8	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
9	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	~10%
10	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
11	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	~10%
12	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
13	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
14	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	~10%
15	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
16	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	~10%
17	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	~10%
18	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
19	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	~10%
20	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
21	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	~10%
22	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	~10%
23	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
24	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
25	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
26	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
27	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	<5%
28	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
29	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
30	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
31	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	<5%
32	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
33	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
34	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
35	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
36	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
37	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
38	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	<5%
39	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
40	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	<5%
41	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
42	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
43	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
44	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	<5%
45	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
46	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
47	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
48	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
49	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
50	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
51	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
52	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
53	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	<5%
54	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
55	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
56	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
57	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Insufficient data
58	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
59	Raja Ampat	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
60	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Insufficient data
61	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
62	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
63	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data
64	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
65	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
66	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
67	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
68	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	Insufficient data
69	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
70	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
71	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
72	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data

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Little Stint

About the Little Stint

Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat

Great Knot

Curlew Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Red-necked Stint

Long-toed Stint

Sanderling

Common Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Red-necked Phalarope

Grey-tailed Tattler

Common Greenshank

Bar-tailed Godwit

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found