Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
| Species/Soort | Family/Familie | Order/Orde | Class/Klasse | Phylum/Stam | Kingdom/Rijk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Least sandpiper | Sandpipers, snipes | Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives | Birds | Chordate | Animals |
| Kleinste strandloper | Strandlopers en snippen | Steltloperachtigen | Vogels | Gewervelden | Dieren |
| Calidris minutilla | Scolopacidae | Charadriiformes | Aves | Chordata | Animalia |
Merritt Island NWR, Florida
2013:10:25 14:10:01
NIKON D7100 with AF Nikkor 300mm f/4 IF-ED, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1000, distance 0.03 m
Crescent Bend Nature Park
2016:02:27 10:21:44
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/320 sec at F8.0, ISO 250, distance 19.95 m
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
2014:11:30 18:44:46
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 44.67 m
You wouldn't expect sandpipers in Las Vegas, but some birds spend the winter here. I always wonder how a little sandpiper decides to look for a small body of water in the desert. These are Little Sandpipers, a little bigger than a sparrow.
Where I have seen this species
The database holds 10 pictures at 5 locations. Click a dot for the place and date; use + and − to zoom in and out, and drag the map to move around.
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Sandpipers, snipes
- Common sandpiper
- Spotted sandpiper
- Ruddy turnstone
- Black turnstone
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Red knot
- Curlew sandpiper
- Purple sandpiper
- Pectoral sandpiper
- Little stint
- Least sandpiper
- Semipalmated sandpiper
- Wilson's snipe
- Common snipe
- Short-billed dowitcher
- Long-billed dowitcher
- Bar-tailed godwit
- Black-tailed godwit
- Long-billed curlew
- Eurasian curlew
- Whimbrel
- Red phalarope
- Wilson's phalarope
- Ruff
- Spotted redshank
- Lesser yellowlegs
- Wood sandpiper
- Greater yellowlegs
- Common greenshank
- Green sandpiper
- Willet
- Common redshank
- Red-necked phalarope
- Temminck's stint
- Marsh sandpiper
Orders with photos
- Ostriches
- Rheas
- Grouse, pheasants, quail, turkeys, hoatzin, etc.
- Duck, geese, and relatives
- Loons
- Penguins
- Tube noses
- Grebes
- Flamingos
- Tropicbirds
- Herons and egrets
- Pelicans, cormorants, and relatives
- Fregatebirds, gannets and cormorants
- Birds of prey
- Hawks, eagles, falcons, etc.
- Bustards
- Cranes, rails, and relatives
- Shorebirds, gulls, and relatives
- Sandgrouse
- Pigeons, and doves
- Parrots, macaws, parakeets, and lories
- Cuckoos
- Owls
- Goatsuckers, nighthawks, and allies
- Swifts and hummingbirds
- Trogons
- Kingfishers
- Motmots, hoopoes, bee-eaters, and todies
- Woodpeckers
- Perching birds
- Turacos
- Mousebirds
- Perching bird
- Hawks
- Cassowaries
- Swifts
- Cranes
- Kagus and sunbittern
- Pelicans
- Woodpeckers