Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 47,198
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Medieval Latin for "very small". Within the genus Calidris, the least sandpiper is most closely related to the white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Least sandpiper”.