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 Tarangire National Park
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
📅 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 Tarangire National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Little Stint sighting in Tarangire National Park, based on 116 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Little Stint in Tarangire National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Little Stint in Tarangire National Park in our monthly data.