Little Stint
Calidris minuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris minuta (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. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Stint sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 21 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Samburu National Reserve
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Somali Courser
Cursorius somalensis
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Little Stint sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 21 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Little Stint in Samburu National Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Little Stint in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.