Key information
The little stint (Calidris minuta) is a very small and long-distance migrant wader, wintering south to Africa and south Asia.
Length : 12–14 cm
Wingspan: 28–31 cm
Weight : 17–44 g
Population : 1,000,000-1,100,000 individuals
Habitat: frequent salt marshes, estuaries, freshwater marshes, steppes, flooded fields, bogs and pasture near lakes, rivers and streams
Diet: Food is small invertebrates picked off the mud.
Location
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