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Least Sandpiper
Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)

NT Near Threatened

Names

EnglishLeast Sandpiper
DutchKleinste Strandloper
SpanishPlayero Diminuto
Chinese姬滨鹬
Scientific nameCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)

About this species

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).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusCalidris

In Suriname

532Records in Suriname
12iNaturalist observations
1904First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne172
  • Paramaribo172
  • Nickerie55
  • Coronie10
  • Wanica4
  • Saramacca3
  • Para2
  • Marowijne1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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