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Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Also known as: Little Sandpiper
Aves
LEAST CONCERN

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 16 yrs
Size
Tiny
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Flock
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Least Concern

About

The smallest shorebird in the world, this sparrow-sized sandpiper forages in tight, twittering flocks along muddy shorelines, probing the mud for tiny invertebrates with its short, slightly drooped bill.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
Calidris minutilla